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Precession Stall
| Precession Stall | | | Refers to the stalling of on or more individual rotor blade(s) due to too rapid and too large of cyclic input to the rotor system. Due to the inertial tendency of the rotor disk to maintain its initial disk attitude, a rapid and large cyclic input will create an immediate large angle of attack of at least one rotor blade – upon cyclic input, one blade will see more positive AOA, while the other blade(s) may see nearly as large negative instantaneous AOA. It is this cyclic unbalance between the rotor blades that initiates the rotor disk attitude to follow the cyclic input. However, if the cyclic input is too large or too quick before the rotor disk can adjust, it is possible that the large cyclic input will result in individual blade stall AOA. If significant high blade AOA or stall continues too long, the increased drag on the rotor blade can slow the rotor dramatically. The physical limits of 10 degrees on the rotor teeter stops and on the range of cyclic control input is intended to limit or prevent cyclic inputs over about 10 degrees where significant rotor drag would be occurring. Precession stall could be initiated by too rapid and large of cyclic input from the pilot or by a similar uncommanded cyclic input from airframe motions. Precession stall that slows the rotor too much will be unrecoverable as the centripetal forces on the slowed rotor may no longer sustain the weight of the gyro. | | source: Glossary of Gyroplane Terms |
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