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Parasite Drag?
Anyone here seen that picture of the Beech 18 with 13 jumpers outside
hanging on or sitting on top of the fuselage? They started out at 14,500' and when they were all outside, the flight continued for at least a minute and a half while the photos were taken. I was prompted to post this in response to someone talking about lateral weight and balance in fixed wing. Lateral weight and balance is noticeable in helicopters much more obviously. Ol S&B |
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Parasite Drag?
When you wrote parasite instead of parasitic drag I was sure you'd be
talking about members of the newsgroup, many of whom can be characterized as offering drag with no compensating lift. Are helicopter bodies wide enough compared to rotor radius to make lateral moments a serious factor? I'm ignorant about the matter, but would have thought since the center of lift is 'way up there' -- helicopters being the ultimate in high wing design -- that even if all of the weight was hanging on one side of the cabin the lateral compensating angles would be small. On May 19, 8:39 am, "Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote: Anyone here seen that picture of the Beech 18 with 13 jumpers outside hanging on or sitting on top of the fuselage? They started out at 14,500' and when they were all outside, the flight continued for at least a minute and a half while the photos were taken. I was prompted to post this in response to someone talking about lateral weight and balance in fixed wing. Lateral weight and balance is noticeable in helicopters much more obviously. Ol S&B |
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