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peter wezeman
December 9th 03, 11:42 PM
The Navy uses helicopters to tow mine sweeping gear, and I heard that at
least once helicopters were used to launch sailplanes for a contest. How
do you calculate the tractive effort that a given helicopter could exert
at a particular speed, density altitude, etc.?

Thank you,
Peter Wezeman
anti-social Darwinist

Sla#s
December 10th 03, 08:17 PM
Slightly OT and I think it's been posted before but this is the best Heli
towing picture I've ever seen.

http://www.thedamnedestthing.com/page15.html

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