More Than The Sum Of Its Parts...and there are a lot of parts! The complexity of a Helicopter Tail Rotor is on display in this image captured at the Verticon 2026 helicopter trade show.
No kidding. I am fascinated how many of these delicate parts come together to create a working rotor. Only one parts fails the whole thing comes apart.
BTW super picture, very good composition and edge to edge sharpness.
lazlo36 wrote:
No kidding. I am fascinated how many of these delicate parts come together to create a working rotor. Only one parts fails the whole thing comes apart.
BTW super picture, very good composition and edge to edge sharpness.
Thanks for the comment. I agree, the forces acting on the various parts are beyond my ability to comprehend. It is a fascinating piece of a very complex machine.
An exceptional, textbook example of classic black and white photography - exposure, focus, tonal range, composition - it's all there in this image. Thanks, Chris, for sharing and teaching.
I can't even imagine how all these parts work and hold together at eleventy-thousand rpm!
Paul
probishaw wrote:
An exceptional, textbook example of classic black and white photography - exposure, focus, tonal range, composition - it's all there in this image. Thanks, Chris, for sharing and teaching.
I can't even imagine how all these parts work and hold together at eleventy-thousand rpm!
Paul
Something to admire...it looks like it was shot in a studio. Everything about this image is perfect!
I spent a bit of time in a helicopter flying through the Rockies and I always did my best to not think about the hundreds of parts that could let loose at any time. Too much to think about while you're in the air.
Al Trujillo wrote:
Something to admire...it looks like it was shot in a studio. Everything about this image is perfect!
I spent a bit of time in a helicopter flying through the Rockies and I always did my best to not think about the hundreds of parts that could let loose at any time. Too much to think about while you're in the air.
Thank you for the kind comment. "A friend and former army Blackhawk pilot referred to helicopters he flew as "Shaky Wings". He added that they were always trying to shake things loose!
