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  1. WPAK23

    BLADE FLAPPING

    Jerry, What Cierva discovered was that rotors must be free to flap. His rotor system was rigidly fixed to its mast. Think of a propellor pointing up. When the auto gyro was moved forward the air rushing toward the rotor system would blow back the blades at the front of the auto gyro. This...
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