The geodesics on a general cylinder generated by lines parallel to a line with which the tangent makes a constant angle.
Generalized Helix
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Generalized Helix." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GeneralizedHelix.html