General Problems With Helicopters
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All helicopters are dynamically unstable.
Without expensive autopilots, any helicopter will "tip over" and crash, unless constantly and actively stabilized by the pilot.
The problem of stability is similar to the problem of balancing an inverted pendulum.
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Last Updated Sunday,October 13,1996 11:09 AM
Johann Borenstein

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