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Understanding the Parts of a Helicopter The Tail Rotor The tail rotor is just a sideways main rotor that is much smaller. Its main purpose in life it to counter-act the torque for the main rotor by pushing against the rotation of the main rotor. It uses the same principals to adjust its pitch. A linkage connects to a swash plate of sorts that adjust its pitch. There are a bunch of different ways that pitch adjustment on real helicopters. Check out the Heli Data area to see some of the ways it's done in the real world. Most notibly is the way the Sikorsky Blackhawk does it. |
