After early setbacks, Russian helicopter pilots shifted to low-altitude operations and high-angle indirect fire, known as ...

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 says a helicopter that crashed on Hart-Miller Island on Sunday may have experienced a tail rotor problem. Skip to content NOWCAST 11 News Saturday Morning ...

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?