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The Flight Envelope of a Helicopter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

P. R. Payne
P. R. Payne*
Affiliation:
Auster Aircraft Ltd.
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Extract

The only simple method of estimating the tip speed limitations imposed on a rotor by retreating blade stall on the one hand, and compressibility losses on the other, is that given by Hafner. It suffers from the lack of accuracy always inherent in a “standard radius” method, and for present-day use a more refined approach is obviously desirable, provided that it still enables rapid estimates to be made.

Type
Technical Notes
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 527 , November 1954 , pp. 785 - 787
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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References

1. Hafner,, R. (1949). The Bristol 171 Helicopter. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Vol. 53, p. 324, 1949.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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3. Laitone,, E. V. and Lawrence, Talbot, (1953). Subsonic Compressibility Corrections for Propellors and Helicopter Rotors. Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, October 1953.CrossRefGoogle Scholar