"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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"Anonymous" wrote in message
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Well if you want to KEEP flying your plane instead of flying a field,
then keeping the nose down is generally not a good idea... ;o)

That all depends. But if the airplane is about the stall, the only
way to avoid "flying a field" is to push on the stick. Keeping the
nose down is *exactly* the good idea.

Whereas with a helicopter, if you push the nose down and keep it just
slightly
tipped downwards, while making careful increases to the collective,
you
should
be able to increase speed AND keep your altitude roughly the same.

Note your use of "while making careful increases to the collective".
Likewise, in an airplane, all that's necessary to maintain altitude is
to make "careful increases to power".

Forward flight on a helicopter is achieved by having the rotor disk
tipped forward, which has to be done by tipping the body as well (to a
lesser extent with a rigid hub, but still necessary). This is regardless of
the power settings, altitude, rate-of-climb, et cetera.

And you *will not climb* in any fixed wing aircraft with the nose
pointed down. In a helo, this is typical behavior.


- Al.

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