Helicopter main rotor blade flex - GIF

Helicopter main rotor blade flex.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...462#post135646
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...486#post104356
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...449#post135588
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...677#post132967
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...797#post129117
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3557#post78292

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Originally Posted by Jon

Helicopter main rotor blade flex.

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Previously:

http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...462#post135646
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/l...486#post104356
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/f...449#post135588
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...677#post132967
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...797#post129117
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/h...3557#post78292

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Great video, also shows how the rotor blade pitch changes on each revolution.

I can tell there's a whole lot of engineering that goes into these control mechanisms. Here's an animation demonstrating functioning of the collective and a swashplate on a counter-rotating copter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifv4jDTyuMc

Here's another showing the operational differences of the collective and the cyclic/swashplate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxtXXuMhKKc