Investigating Flight with a Toy Helicopter
Abstract
Flight fascinates people of all ages. Recent advances in battery technology have extended the capabilities of model airplanes and toy helicopters. For those who have never outgrown a childhood enthusiasm for the wonders of flight, it is possible to buy inexpensive, remotely controlled planes and helicopters. A toy helicopter offers an opportunity to investigate and study some basics of flight.
- Publication:
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The Physics Teacher
- Pub Date:
- October 2010
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2010PhTea..48..458L
- Keywords:
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- classical mechanics;
- educational aids;
- helicopters;
- physics education;
- 01.50.My;
- 45.20.D-;
- Demonstration experiments and apparatus;
- Newtonian mechanics