When a helicopter lands on a moving yacht, how come it doesn’t slide when it touches the yacht? How does it just lock on with the yacht?
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As much as a helicopter can use its blades to pull itself up into the air, it is also capable of using its blades to push itself down onto the deck. As you may well know pressing on something increases the friction which helps them to not slide around or get knocked off by waves.
The helicopter does not need to stop the blades and spin them in the other direction, it is able to control the tilt of the blades very rapidly. In fact, that is entirely how the helicopter can control how it flies.
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