Lifting weight is the day job of every helicopter whether it is people or cargo. How much each helicopter can lift is based on its design and engine power. The more the helicopter can lift, the...
Category: Helicopters
Helicopters are one of the most versatile machines in the aviation world but the distance they can go is far less than their fixed-winged counterparts, but the tradeoff to landing on a building or in...
Flying high in a helicopter takes some remarkable feats of design and engineering. Although helicopters cannot fly as high as their fixed-winged counterparts they can do remarkable things like rescue...
Filling out the first line in your pilot logbook is a memorable occasion that pretty much every pilot remembers. That very first step to becoming a pilot is on its way and from that point on your...
The rotor blade on a helicopter has become a seriously complex feat of engineering but it was never like that. In the early days of rotary-wing flight the materials used were as basic as you could...
Helicopters are one of the wonders of the modern industrial world but making them work took some serious brain pain from the early helicopter pioneers! Something as simple as turning seems simple but...