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Helicopter on a turntable

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
If the turntable is spinning with opposite force, would it take off?
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nope because the rotor blades would be stationary with the respect to the air. Good thread though 🙂
 
Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: jimbob200521
If the turntable is spinning with opposite force, would it take off?
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nope because the rotor blades would be stationary with the respect to the air. Good thread though 🙂
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What he said. Especially if it was opposite and equal force.
 
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
That's what the tail rotor is for.
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Exactly, it will take off. Helicopters do not require ground friction to take to the air--which is exactly why they can rise in height when they're 1mm from the ground and no longer touching it.
 
even if it did take off, it would crash to the ground almost immediately.


the pilot would be too damn dizzy to fly the thing
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
That's what the tail rotor is for.
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Exactly, it will take off. Helicopters do not require ground friction to take to the air--which is exactly why they can rise in height when they're 1mm from the ground and no longer touching it.
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planes don't technically need ground friction either. they need airflow across their wings for lift, however.
 
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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
That's what the tail rotor is for.
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Exactly, it will take off. Helicopters do not require ground friction to take to the air--which is exactly why they can rise in height when they're 1mm from the ground and no longer touching it.
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No, because that means the tail rotor would have to make the helicopter spin with respect to the turntable.

As people already mentioned, the blades would stay completely stationary and produce no lift.
 
Originally posted by: Martin
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
That's what the tail rotor is for.
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Exactly, it will take off. Helicopters do not require ground friction to take to the air--which is exactly why they can rise in height when they're 1mm from the ground and no longer touching it.
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No, because that means the tail rotor would have to make the helicopter spin with respect to the turntable.

As people already mentioned, the blades would stay completely stationary and produce no lift.
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So wouldn't this depend on the friction between the turntable and helicopter then?

If the tail rotor has enough force to overcome the friction between the helicopter and the turntable, then it's able to turn the blade relative to the air, and then take off?
 
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