Do you know how a helicopter flies?

In this installment we will review cómo flies a helixóptero, functioning, advantage, its different parts and máwith informationón about these aircraft.

A helixóptero is a type of aircraft that, unlike the avión, can fly vertically, up and down, to the sides or backás. Spaghettién can spin or be suspended in the air. Además, can fly lower than airplanes. Among the uses máfrequent s that are given to the propellersópteros son: transport, constructionón, búsearch and rescue in natural disasters and accidents, military and surveillance use, but ¿cóa propeller fliesóptero?

Nextón, Gustavo Junovich, General Manager of Ecocopter Ecuador, explains interesting details about the propellersópteros to know them más in depth.

Definitionón of helixóptero

A helixóptero is a type of aircraft that is characterized and distinguished because it isá supported and is propelled from one or más horizontal rotors. The rotor isá composed of two or más blades and is that rotating part of the aircraft that allows liftón aerodinámica of the ship so the propellersóPteros are mostly used in isolated areas, or in those where congestion predominatesón and in which an avión can'títo operate with their characterístatic.

Functioning

Its operation is based on rotating the blades (They are not blades or hélists) of the main rotor that have a wing profile like that of airplanes to avoid this turn, the biggestía of the propellersóPteros have a tail rotor that pushes the fuselage in the opposite direction, stabilizeáearrings.

Advantages of using a helicalópteros

• They travel inístraight line regardless of geographical accidentsáficos.
• Landing and takeoff operations are much moreás simpler than those of airplanes.
• They are easy to ground almost anywhere, or the ability to orbit over a specific point in hovering flight.
• They don't need landing strips

¿Cóa propeller fliesóptero?

It is important to consider that, about a helixóptero, just like in a fixed wing aircraft (avión), actúan 4 fundamental forces during flight: weight, sustenanceón, push and drag.

Weight is the force with which the earth attracts the propeller.óptero downward, the sustenanceón is the force that lifts the propelleróptero, that is to say, the force that opposes the weight and allows it to fly, thrust is the force that moves the propelleróptero forward and drag is the force that opposes the movement of the propelleróptero. The big difference between a fixed wing aircraft (avión) and a rotary wing aircraft (helixóptero) It is the way in which lift forces are generated.ón and push.

In the grandfatherón, the sustenanceón is generated by the wings, when éste advances acrossés of the air; while the thrust is generated by the motor. En un helixóptero, The main rotor is what produces the lift force.ón and at the same time, pushing force.

Main parts of a propelleróptero:

• Rotor blades: part of the main apparatus that guarantees propulsionón and supportón del helicóptero.
• Rotor principal: central part of the main apparatus that guarantees propulsionón and supportón del helicóptero.
• cockpit: cubíass reserved for handling the device.
• joysticks: propeller control knobóptero. CÍCLICO AND COLLECTIVE
• Timing pedalócommand number: I'm sending some timeóaddress numberón foot operated.
• Patílanding number: metal deviceásupport license.
• Cola: narrow rear fuselage.
• Vertical and horizontal stabilizers: parts of the aircraft that prevent deviationón of the same
• Rotor antipar: auxiliary device that guarantees supportón and the propulsionón del helicóptero.

¿Have you ever flown in a helicalóptero? Hereí I'll tell you cówhat is this experience:

Flying over Quito in a Eurocopter AS350B3e