Although helicopter aerodynamics involves the same forces that arise in airplane aerodynamics, these forces occur differently due to fluid flow dynamics across the aircraft. Helicopters take advantage ...

The fundamental design principles behind rotary-wing aircraft date back to the Renaissance, with some of the earliest-known designs belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. Naturally, technology has ...

You can think of a helicopter's top rotor blades as wings – wings capable of varying their pitch to generate more or less lift as they rotate around the main rotor shaft – a concept demonstrated ...

UK investigators have determined that certification and testing loopholes contributed to the fatal crash of a Leonardo Helicopters AW169 after its tail rotor failed shortly after take-off, an accident ...

Leonardo Helicopters could face legal action over the fatal crash of an AW169 in the UK due to a tail rotor failure. In its final report into the 27 October 2018 fatal crash, the UK Air Accidents ...