Timeline for Why can't helicopters reach mount everest?
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| Apr 1, 2014 at 19:58 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | @hdhondt: Many aircraft do have trouble in that altitude too. The reason is somewhat more complicated though. I'll expand it to a separate answer. | |
| May 29, 2012 at 3:50 | comment | added | hdhondt | A rotor is nothing more than a rotating wing, so if the air pressure was the only determining factor, aircraft would have trouble at that altitude, too. I suppose you should add that helicopter blades need to be much smaller than wings, and hence need more air, as rotating them faster is not a real option: the tips soon start going faster than sound. | |
| May 28, 2012 at 14:26 | history | edited | user8791 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 28, 2012 at 14:11 | history | answered | user8791 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |