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  2. Helicopter flight controls - Wikipedia

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    The Robinson R22 has a "teetering" cyclic design connected to a central column located between the two seats. Helicopters with fly-by-wire systems allow a cyclic-style controller to be mounted to the side of the pilot seat. The cyclic is used to control the main rotor in order to change the helicopter's direction of movement. In a hover, the ...

  3. Nana (chief) - Wikipedia

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    Kas-tziden ("Broken Foot") or Haškɛnadɨltla ("Angry, He is Agitated"), more widely known by his Mexican-Spanish appellation Nana ("grandma" or "lullaby") (c. 1810 – May 19, 1896), was a warrior and chief of the Chihenne band (better known as Warm Springs Apache) of the Chiricahua Apache.

  4. Helicopter rotor - Wikipedia

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    This motion occurs whenever translational relative wind is present, or in response to a cyclic control input. Scissor link and counterweight, carries the main shaft rotation down to the upper swashplate; Rubber covers protect moving and stationary shafts; Swashplates, transmitting cyclic and collective pitch to the blades (the top one rotates)

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  6. Twistgrip - Wikipedia

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    Glenn Curtiss, unlikely to have been aware of the prior uses of the twist grip, used it in his 1904 motorcycle land-speed record machine, and is sometimes credited as the inventor of the device. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Indian claimed in their advertisements, also for their 1904 models , to have invented the twist grip. [ 4 ]

  7. Apache revolver - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of an Apache revolver Deleaxhe Apache pistol 7mm. The Apache operates on the principle of a pepperbox revolver using a pinfire cartridge and incorporates a fold-over knuckle duster forming the grip and a rudimentary foldout dual-edged knife. [3] Due to the lack of a barrel, the revolver's effective range is very limited.

  8. Querecho Indians - Wikipedia

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    The Querecho Indians were an historical band of Apache people living on the Southern Plains. [1] In 1541 the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his army journeyed east from the Rio Grande Valley in search of a rich land called Quivira. Passing through the Texas Panhandle, he met a people he called the Querechos.

  9. Ulzana - Wikipedia

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    Both the brothers were loyal and warlike supporters and lieutenants of Cochise.Ulzana is best known for leading a raid in 1885 (which inspired the film Ulzana's Raid (1972) [1]) through Arizona and New Mexico with only 11 Mogollon warriors, riding 1200 miles, killing 36 Pindah and Mexicans, terrifying settlers, cowboys and miners, stealing stock, and making fun of 2000 soldiers.