Given the recent rescue of a climber on Mt. Hood by a Chinook, how are the pilots able to lower the tail in this situation? Is this just the natural angle during a hover, or are there some adjustments the pilots can make to the fore and aft collective individually?
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1$\begingroup$ Related: Why would a helicopter hold a 'nose-up' in hover? $\endgroup$– foootJul 17, 2018 at 19:58
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2$\begingroup$ Related $\endgroup$– PondlifeJul 17, 2018 at 20:00
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$\begingroup$ I wonder what would the angle inside looks like. $\endgroup$– vasin1987Jul 18, 2018 at 15:22
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A careful balance of nose-up cyclic and decreased collective to stick the aft of the ship firmly in place. Not so much a landing, as flying with the aft gear and ramp planted.
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Because the helo is barely hovering in level flight with the aft landing gear resting on the inclined snow pack. It doesn’t lower its tail as such.
answered Jul 18, 2018 at 4:44