Timeline for Can a helicopter autorotate from a hover?
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| Nov 19 at 16:34 | comment | added | Rob McDonald | @kruemi Yes it is. It is also the reason you usually don't see helicopters hovering at altitude (also lower fuel consumption) -- or example a Police or News helicopter will usually orbit the point of interest instead of hover at a single vantage point. | |
| Nov 19 at 8:03 | comment | added | kruemi | Wow, I've never seen this diagram, that's very insteresting. Is that the reason why helicopter don't take off and land vertically (except for the last bit) but basically follow some kind of "glide slope" (in lack of a better term)? | |
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| S May 12, 2023 at 7:30 | history | suggested | GremlinWranger | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 12, 2023 at 4:25 | history | answered | Rob McDonald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |