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Given information

We are given that:

Mass of the helicopter,  .  

is the acceleration, and   

The maass of frame is .

acceleration due to gravity,  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The normal reaction force must be equal and opposite to the weight of the helicopter and frame system so that it hangs in the air:

 

now to accelerate the helicopter and frame system with acceleration the air should exert an additional upward force:

   

So the net force exerted by the air on rotor blades is:

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