Yes, I remember seeing the tailplane angle, Jim, although I haven’t seen that
many flying. But I hadn’t thought of the aerofoil-shaped fuselage: you must be
right about that.
Chris
> On 16 May 2016, at 14:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks for looking, Chris. What is most noticeable when it is in forward
> flight is that the tailplane assumes odd angles, because it must react to the
> combined flow from forward flight and the rotor downwash. The tail rotor is
> also canted slightly. The designers apparently went to a lot of trouble to
> provide nice flying characteristics. I have also noted that the fuselage is
> shaped like a low-speed airfoil.
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