Seasprite NZ-wanaka

[Glenn[_2_]]

[Scubabix]

Great shot. You sure make the Seasprite look better than when I flew in
them in the USN. Still the sweetest flying helicopter I ever had time in.

Rob

Trivia Question for anyone. Why is the lower half of the tail canted to the
left side of the aircraft?

[Pat Heuvel]

On 31/07/2010 8:48 AM, Scubabix wrote:
> Great shot. You sure make the Seasprite look better than when I flew in
> them in the USN. Still the sweetest flying helicopter I ever had time in.
>
> Rob
>
> Trivia Question for anyone. Why is the lower half of the tail canted to the
> left side of the aircraft?
>
>
Would it have anything to do with lining up the tail rotor with the axis
of the aircraft?

Pat

[Scubabix]

Actually, it was because the HU-2K (original designation of the SH-2) had a
3-blade tail rotor. At higher power, forward speeds, the tail rotor would
lose efficiency. The twist in the tail augmented the counter-torque of the
tail-rotor. It was also said to assist in directional stability during a
loss of tail-rotor thrust situation.

Rob

"Pat Heuvel" > wrote in message
...
> On 31/07/2010 8:48 AM, Scubabix wrote:
>> Great shot. You sure make the Seasprite look better than when I flew in
>> them in the USN. Still the sweetest flying helicopter I ever had time
>> in.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> Trivia Question for anyone. Why is the lower half of the tail canted to
>> the
>> left side of the aircraft?
>>
>>
> Would it have anything to do with lining up the tail rotor with the axis
> of the aircraft?
>
> Pat