Jazz Pilot Thanksgiving week helicopter question:

What determined the size of the tail rotor on the R22?

Saturday’s events and copter quiz

Today I gave rides in the 1954 Hiller 12C at Whiteman airport. It flies a bit like a cement truck..well actually I’ve never flown (or driven) a cement truck…but it’s slow, heavy on the controls and slow to respond, but it’s always better to be flyin’ something than not.
Today’s pop quiz question: Do more dynamic rollover accidents happen on a sloped surface or level ground, and why?

Very First Blog

Hi all. This is a blog to talk about, educate and experience the joy of flying the ultimate 3-dimensional freedom machine – the helicopter!
Most people know who invented the first controllable airplane, but how many of you readers out there in blog-land know who invented the helicopter?
Randini

Helicopter question of the day:

Hi all. This is a brand new Blog, so I’m just experimenting. I thought a good way to get started is to challenge your rotorcraft knowledge, or come up with some bit of information that everyone can learn from. To do this, I’m going to attempt to post a question of the day.

Today’s question is: When would the shaded area of the height/velocity curve get smaller?