Do the main blades keep the heli in the air and the paddles

[Maxists The Baddist]

Do the main blades just keep the heli in the air and the paddles do the steering. For simplicity I did say steering.

[broke-again]

Yep.

[woodturner]

If you would like to read mroe on how a heli works check out:

http://www.w3mh.co.uk/articles/html/csm1_2.htm

Colin Mill does a great breakdown of all the aspects of heli flight.

[Maxists The Baddist]

Thank you for the link.

[BarracudaHockey]

The paddles provide leverage to change the cyclic on the main blades but its the main blades that provide the "steering" as you say. The paddles also provide some gyroscopic stability to the system.