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210: 46:. Liftoff can still be achieved if the helicopter has enough of a straight runway to make a "running take off", where the pilot will accelerate the helicopter across the ground on its landing gear until translational lift speed is achieved and the aircraft begins to climb. This is described in Robert Mason's book 27:. Translation is the conversion from the hover to forward flight. As undisturbed air enters the rotor system horizontally, turbulence and vortices created by hovering flight are left behind and the flow of air becomes more horizontal. The efficiency of the hovering rotor system is greatly improved with each 38:
at about 16 to 24 knots. This is known as the ETL speed. Above this speed, the rotor system completely outruns the recirculation of old vortices and begins to work in undisturbed air. Efficiency continues to increase with airspeed until the best climb airspeed is reached, and drag is minimised.
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During the translation from the hover to forward flight, the difference in lift across the rotor disc causes a difference in drag, resulting in a noticeable vibration between approximately 10-20 knots.
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As speed increases and translational lift becomes more effective, the helicopter will tend to pitch up and roll to the right or left (depending on main rotor rotation direction), due to
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This additional lift can enable an overloaded helicopter to climb even if it is too heavy to hover in
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The efficiency of the tail rotor is also improved with forward airspeed. This is known as
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of airspeed gained by horizontal movement of the aircraft or wind speed.
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As forward airspeed increases, the helicopter goes through
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rotor
helicopter
knot
ground effect
Chickenhawk
dissymmetry of lift
gyroscopic precession
transverse flow effect
Ground effect (aerodynamics)
Transverse flow effect
Dissymmetry of lift
Vortex ring
Vortex ring state



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