collective-pitch stick
1collective pitch — The pilot control in rotary wing aircraft that directly affects the pitch of all blades of lifting rotor(s) simultaneously, irrespective of their azimuth position. Also called collective or collective stick …
2collective bounce — A phenomenon in which the collective is in resonance with the vertical motion of the helicopter, making the motion worse. It is a divergent, vertical helicopter oscillation caused by interaction between the vertical motion of the helicopter and… …
3collective — The method of controlling the amount of rotor blade pitch where all blades are varied in pitch an equal amount simultaneously. Normally refers to the collective pitch, which is the pilot control in rotary wing aircraft for changing the rotor… …
4pitch control — i. That giving manual control of the propeller pitch as is done in a constant speed unit where datum is moved manually. In a variable pitch propeller, the act of changing the pitch of the propeller. The pitch changes are done through pitch… …
5vortex ring state — The operating state of a helicopter main rotor in which the axial flow through the rotor is opposite to the axial flow outside the rotor disc area and to the rotor thrust. It is an unstable condition of powered flight in which the helicopter… …
6Radio-controlled helicopter — Nitro powered Align T Rex 600 NSP Electric powered Venom Ai …
7Helicopter flight controls — Location of flight controls in a helicopter A helicopter pilot manipulates the helicopter flight controls in order to achieve controlled aerodynamic flight.[1] The changes made to …
8helicopter — /hel i kop teuhr, hee li /, n. 1. any of a class of heavier than air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine. v.i. 2. to fly in a… …
9Helicopter — For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). Helicopter An LAPD Bell 206 …
10Autogyro — An autogyro is a type of rotorcraft invented by Juan de la Cierva in 1919, making its first successful flight on January 9, 1923 at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid. [http://www.vectorsite.net/avheli 1.html#m4 Vector Flight] ] Similar to… …
