For reference this is called autorotation
#heli/quad copter glide down physics
high dirge
mint tiger
thank you
hearty juniper
it's already modeled, you just need to reduce the collective to zero
restive holly
Yeah people ask for this a lot but don't understand how autorotation works
hearty juniper
it's already modeled, you just need to reduce the collective to zero
on the chicane at least, i havent had much luck with it on the tarantula
verbal cradle
Tarantula works differently because of sheer weight vs lifting surface. You need way more forward airspeed to escape an autorotation.
high dirge
Yeah people ask for this a lot but don't understand how autorotation works
Basically when you fall the air spins the rotor (kind of like how wind spins a windmill) and then that causes lift. It obviously cannot hover or lift the helo cuz that breaks conservation of energy but it can slow it down quite a lot. There is also something called a gyrocopter which is very cool and they have an unpowered rotor angled back and some sort of forward thrust. This forward thrust turns the main rotor and because energy is being added to the system this can hold altitude. There are also versions of this called gyrodynes which power the rotor during takeoff for vtol capability and then use traditional gyrocopter autorotation for flight.
slow berry
The tarantula has auto thrust reverse at 0 so good luck autorotating it
hidden kettle
I'm not sure Osprey like VTOLs can autorotate ?
And the Chicane definitely can. Already saved my butt once or twice
So " technically yes, but"
viscid sentinel
So " technically yes, but"
its a yes, but difficult to pull off because the rotors store very little energy