Why Helicopter Flying Feels Like Mental Chess
Rotor wash hangs in the air while the helicopter barely creeps across the ground, yet inside the cockpit the pilot’s brain is running full throttle. Unlike a fixed‑wing aircraft, a helicopter is only marginally stable: any small disturbance in lift, torque, or tail rotor thrust can snowball unless it is corrected almost instantly.The core workload comes from continuous control coupling. A change i...More
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