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how to ***NOTAR***

7,875 MTakach  5.1 years ago

so my next helicopter is a heli with NOTAR, or No Tail Rotor, design. and the issue is that I can't do it in simple planes because of the rotor physics.

the issue is the torque that the rotor blades create, cause the whole helicopter to spin out of control.

any suggestions?

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    0 bumaxi

    How about just not using notar just use two rotors like making two rotors on top of each other reverse the rotation of one just like a ch-47 Chinook
    Or coaxial rotors used by toys

    1.5 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @Sleet01

    the down wash

    +1 4.2 years ago
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    119 Sleet01

    @MTakach Right, I'm just saying that the intake air can come from anywhere - it isn't coupled to the main rotor. Unless you're talking about the downwash over the boom, in which case you're right and I apologize.

    4.2 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @Sleet01

    Here

    4.2 years ago
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    119 Sleet01

    @MTakach Hey, I was just looking for people who did NOTAR helis in SimplePlanes, and I wanted to correct one misconception here: NOTAR controls are powered by a mechanical take-off (basically, a small secondary fan within the boom) and not by air "sucked in" from the main rotor.

    4.2 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @CruzerBlade cause that's not what i'm trying to achieve

    5.1 years ago
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    13.1k CruzerBlade

    Why not do contra-rotating rotors?

    5.1 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @randomusername yes

    and the pilot can control the yaw by being able to shut the slits

    5.1 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @randomusername I do understand how it works, the downward thrust from the rotor is sucked into an air intake at the base of the tail boom, and then powers a fan that pressurizes the air, then the air is shot out of slits at the end of the tail boom.

    5.1 years ago
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    26.7k Gameboi17

    No Tar

    5.1 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @randomusername how?

    5.1 years ago
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    Scaled down rotor or coaxial design

    +1 5.1 years ago
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    7,875 MTakach

    @Squirel

    5.1 years ago