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  2. Disk loading - Wikipedia

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    When a helicopter is being maneuvered, its disk loading changes. The higher the loading, the more power needed to maintain rotor speed. [3] A low disk loading is a direct indicator of high lift thrust efficiency. [4] Increasing the weight of a helicopter increases disk loading. For a given weight, a helicopter with shorter rotors will have ...

  3. The Daedalus Encounter - Wikipedia

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    The premise of the game is that there are three space marines who have fought as part of an interstellar war. One of them, Casey, has been brought back to life by his partners after a space accident and he is now a brain grafted in a life-support system. In order to save themselves, the three characters and the player solve all sorts of puzzles.

  4. Gyrodyne - Wikipedia

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    a rotary wing aircraft intermediate in type, hereinafter referred to as "gyrodyne", between a rotaplane (with the rotor free for autorotation and an upward total axial flow through the rotor disc), on the one hand, and a pure helicopter (with the rotor driven, and a downward total axial flow through the rotor disc), on the other hand, that is ...

  5. Ground resonance - Wikipedia

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    Helicopter rotor joints Illustration of the shift in the location of the center of mass of a helicopter rotor caused by the individual blades' rotation in their respective vertical joints. Articulated rotor systems with drag hinges allow each blade to advance or lag in its rotation to compensate for the stress on the blade caused by the ...

  6. Galaxy Game - Wikipedia

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    Recreation of Spacewar! in Java, with similar gameplay to Galaxy Game. The gameplay of Galaxy Game, like Spacewar!, involves two monochrome spaceships called "the needle" and "the wedge" (though their appearances have been modified for the coin-op version) each controlled by a player, attempting to shoot each other while maneuvering on a two-dimensional plane in the gravity well of a star, set ...

  7. Space Ace - Wikipedia

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    Space Ace is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the Dragon's Lair game, followed by a limited release in December 1983 and then a wide release in Spring 1984.

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  9. Cliff Hanger (video game) - Wikipedia

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    This prevents the laserdisc and gameplay from ever going out of sync (a common occurrence in other laserdisc games as the disc players aged). [citation needed] The original version of Cliff Hanger shows footage from The Mystery of Mamo of Cliff being hanged if the player fails a quick time event. According to the instruction manual, a setting ...