Given the recent rescue of a climber on Mt. Hood by a Chinook, how are the pilots able to lower the tail in this situation? Is this just the natural angle during a hover, or are there some adjustments the pilots can make to the fore and aft collective individually?
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1Related: Why would a helicopter hold a 'nose-up' in hover? – fooot Jul 17 '18 at 19:58
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2Related – Pondlife Jul 17 '18 at 20:00
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I wonder what would the angle inside looks like. – vasin1987 Jul 18 '18 at 15:22
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A careful balance of nose-up cyclic and decreased collective to stick the aft of the ship firmly in place. Not so much a landing, as flying with the aft gear and ramp planted.
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Because the helo is barely hovering in level flight with the aft landing gear resting on the inclined snow pack. It doesn’t lower its tail as such.
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