In this series of highly educational videos on helicopter physics, Youtuber Smarter Every Day teaches us some of the basics behind how helicopters work. I highly recommend that you geeks subscribe to this guy’s Youtube channel because… well… he’s absolutely brilliant!

Helicopter Physics Intro

Chopper Control

Collective-Cyclic Pitch Mixing (Upside Down Flying)

Gyroscopic Precession (Helicopters are Gyroscopes)

[Smarter Every Day | Helicopter Picture from BigStockPhoto.com]