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Concepts

Much of the following material has been taken from U.S. Army Field Manual 1-51, and then modified as appropriate.
..Airfoils
..Rotory Wing Planforms
..Relative Wind
..Angle of Attack
..Total Aerodynamic Force
..Pressure Patterns
..Drag
..Centrifugal Force
..Rotational Velocities
..Hovering
..Ground Effect
..Torque
..Translational Lift
..Transverse Flow Effect
..Dissymetry of Lift
..Blade Flapping
..Gyroscopic Precession
..Retreating Blade Stall
..Settling with Power
..Autorotation


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