- A
helicopter is a type of
rotorcraft in
which lift and
thrust are
supplied by
horizontally spinning rotors. This
allows the
helicopter to take off and...
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rotor to
overcome torque. This is
accomplished through a variable-pitch
antitorque rotor or tail rotor. This is the
design that Igor
Sikorsky settled on...
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American helicopter,
which pioneered the
single main
rotor and a
single antitorque tail
rotor configuration used by most
helicopters today.
Sikorsky modified...
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helicopter to use a
single vertical-plane tail
rotor configuration for
antitorque. With
floats attached, it
became the
first practical amphibious helicopter...
- 3189/s0022143000008741. Reeh, N. (1984). "
Antitorque leaf springs: a
design guide for ice-drill
antitorque leaf springs". In Holdsworth, G.; Kuivinen...
- (1,600 kW) each. The counter-rotating
rotors eliminate the need for an
antitorque vertical rotor,
allowing all
power to be used for lift and thrust. The...
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Helicopters with a
single shaft-driven main lift
rotor require some sort of
antitorque device such as a tail rotor, fantail, or NOTAR,
except some rare examples...
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forward flight. The tail
rotor pylon may also
serve to
provide limited antitorque within certain airspeed ranges, in the
event that the tail
rotor or its...
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direction opposite to the
rotor blades. In
single rotor helicopters, the
antitorque rotor or tail
rotor counteracts the main
rotor torque and
controls the...
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helicopter rotor system consists of a two-bladed main
rotor and two-bladed
antitorque rotor on the tail, each
equipped with a
teetering hinge. The main rotor...
