Rotor brakes are typically used to stop the helicopter's rotor and prevent further rotation. This allows passengers to vacate ...

If helicopters didn't have tail rotors, they would spin in circles because they need a force pushing in the opposite direction as the main rotor. Tech Smartphones ...

Conventional spinning tail rotors are a real hazard: If a person and tail rotor make contact, it’s horrifyingly bad. For example, in 1994, in Alaska, a logging equipment manager perished after ...

An aviation expert believes the helicopter that crashed Sunday on Hart-Miller Island experienced a tail rotor problem. Skip to content NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News at 10pm ...

Wieland Helicopter Technologies coaxial rotor design helicopters are more stable, more maneuverable, quieter and safer helicopter due to inclusion of a coaxial main rotor and exclusion of a tail ...

When main rotors – which spin above the helicopter to lift and push it forward – flex or dip down and essentially slice the helicopter in two while in midair, it's called a tail-boom strike.

Helicopters are set apart from other aircraft in a very big way: the rotors. There's the main rotor and the tail rotor. Ever wonder what the tail rotor does?