Even more helicopter aerodynamics

Prouty, Raymond W.

Even more helicopter aerodynamics Raymond W. Prouty - [1st?] ed. - Potomac Phillips Business Information - 165 p. il. byn, gráficos

Glosario e índice alfabético, al final del libro Noticia sobre el autor p. 165

Answering questions about helicopters Progress in helicopter aerodynamics Tip-driven rotors The search for a stable helicopter Which do you tilt : wing or rotor? A new look at the autogyro Field-of.view, fiel.-of-fire Downwash patterns Rotor upwash Blade stall Crosscoupling Tying the helicopter down Helicopter-ship operations Angle limitations Autorotations and low load factors Evolution of Sikorsky tails Antotorque schemes for compound helicopters Directional stability and control problems in autorotation Mysteries about inflow and power Blade strikes Pitch-link loads Designing reliable helicopter structural components Crashworthines and escape Vibration sources Vibration criteria Higher harmonic control Dynamic inflow Helicopter noise research Blade anhedral Spiral dives and dutch rolls Parameter identification Considerations of blade/hub geometry Modern turboshaft speed governing Engine snow protection Tail-boom strakes The Mil Mi-28 Havoc Development of the helicopter. The first 50 years The Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane Attempts to revive the autogyro Convertiplanes One-man helicopters Attack helicopters