Helicopter Performance, Stability, and Control

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Author(s): Raymond W. Prouty
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 746
City: Malabar
Tags: helicopter, engineering, aerospace

Contents
1. Aerodynamics of hovering flight
2. Aerodynamics of vertical flight
3. Aerodynamics of forward flight
4. Performance analysis
5. Special performance problems
6. Airfoils for rotor blades
7. Rotor flapping characteristics
8. The helicopter in trim
9. Stability and control analysis
10. Preliminary design
A. Characteristics of the example helicopter
B. Physical parameters of existing helicopters
C. Atmospheric charts
D. List of symbols
References
Index