eli5: how do turbines on Helicopter do spin the rotors?

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I understand the basic concept of a turbine and also of Helicopter blades / Rotor.

I just can’t figure out how to the turbine transfers the force to rotor, (different rpms, how the transmission works and so on..

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Helicopter rotors are shaft driven. The spinning shaft of the jet turbine feeds into a gearbox that rotates the shaft the rotors are mounted on.

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