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Rotorcraft Flying Menu >Aerodynamics
of Flight > Sideward Flight
In sideward flight, the tip-path plane is tilted
in the direc-tion that flight is desired. This tilts the total
lift-thrust vector sideward. In this case, the vertical or lift
compo-nent is still straight up and weight straight down, but
the horizontal or thrust component now acts sideward with drag
acting to the opposite side. [Figure 3-17]
Figure 3-17. Forces acting on the helicopter
during sideward flight.
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