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  2. Helicopter flight controls - Wikipedia

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    If a helicopter suffers a power failure a pilot can adjust the collective pitch to keep the rotor spinning, generating enough lift to touch down and skid in a relatively soft landing. [ 3 ] The collective pitch control in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook is called a thrust control , but serves the same purpose, except that it controls two rotor systems ...

  3. Blade pitch - Wikipedia

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    Blade pitch control is a feature of nearly all large modern horizontal-axis wind turbines.It is used to adjust the rotation speed and the generated power. While operating, a wind turbine's control system adjusts the blade pitch to keep the rotor speed within operating limits as the wind speed changes.

  4. Swashplate (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    However "pitch links" on the blades transmit the pitch information way ahead of the blade's actual position, giving the blades time to "fly up" or "fly down" to reach the desired position. That is, to tilt the helicopter forward, the difference of lift around the blades should be maximum along the left-right plane, creating a torque that, due ...

  5. Helicopter rotor - Wikipedia

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    The pitch of the tail rotor blades is adjustable by the pilot via the anti-torque pedals, which also provide directional control by allowing the pilot to rotate the helicopter around its vertical axis, thereby changing the direction the craft is pointed.

  6. Autorotation - Wikipedia

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    The sizes of these regions vary with the blade pitch, rate of descent, and rotor rotational speed. When changing autorotative rotational speed, blade pitch, or rate of descent, the sizes of the regions change in relation to each other. The driven region, also called the propeller region, is the region at the end of the blades.

  7. Aircraft engine controls - Wikipedia

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    The increased pitch (blade angle of attack) increases the load on the engine and therefore slows it down, and vice versa. However, the actual propeller speed remains stable only if operational conditions (e.g., airspeed) do not change, otherwise the pilot has to constantly adjust the pitch to maintain the desired propeller speed.

  8. 16 Restaurants That Are Open on Thanksgiving Day (Plus 12 ...

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    This Brazilian style steakhouse will be open on Thanksgiving from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. Servers walking around bringing meat to your plate sounds like a great way to celebrate. typhoonski ...

  9. Fenestron - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the pitch control mechanism of an EC135 Fenestron. Increased safety for people on the ground because the enclosure provides peripheral protection. [5] [18] Greatly reduced noise and vibration due to the enclosure of the blade tips and greater number of blades. [5] [18] A decrease in power requirements during the cruise phase of flight ...