Some Static Longitudinal Stability Characteristics of an Overlapped-type Tandem-rotor Helicopter at Low Airspeeds
Some Static Longitudinal Stability Characteristics of an Overlapped-type Tandem-rotor Helicopter at Low Airspeeds

Author: Robert J. Tapscott

Publisher:

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13:

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Flight measurements of some longitudinal static stability characteristics with an overlapped-type tandem-rotor helicopter at low airspeeds are presented. The data show that a critical amount of longitudinal control is required to maintain trimmed flight at certain combinations of airspeed and rate of descent. Estimates based on theoretically predicted interference effects indicate that the front rotor downwash acting on the rear rotor could cause variation of the longitudinal moments of the same order of magnitude as the measured variation.

Helicopter Theory
Helicopter Theory

Author: Wayne Johnson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-07

Total Pages: 1122

ISBN-13: 0486131823

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Monumental engineering text covers vertical flight, forward flight, performance, mathematics of rotating systems, rotary wing dynamics and aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, stability and control, stall, noise, and more. 189 illustrations. 1980 edition.

Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines
Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines

Author: Pedro Castillo Garcia

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1846281792

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Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines is an exposition of models developed to assist in the motion control of various types of mini-aircraft: • Planar Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft; • helicopters; • quadrotor mini-rotorcraft; • other fixed-wing aircraft; • blimps. For each of these it propounds: • detailed models derived from Euler-Lagrange methods; • appropriate nonlinear control strategies and convergence properties; • real-time experimental comparisons of the performance of control algorithms; • review of the principal sensors, on-board electronics, real-time architecture and communications systems for mini-flying machine control, including discussion of their performance; • detailed explanation of the use of the Kalman filter to flying machine localization. To researchers and students in nonlinear control and its applications Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines provides valuable insights to the application of real-time nonlinear techniques in an always challenging area.