Overview:
Data, drawings and computations related to the UniCopter's twin intermeshing rotor disks.
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Working Papers:
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B292 |
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Items:
DESIGN:
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Rotor - Disk - Absolutely Rigid Rotor (ARR) |
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Rotor - Disk - Advancing Blade Concept (ABC) |
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Rotor - Disk - Anhedral See Dihedral below |
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Rotor - Disk - Autorotation |
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Rotor - Disk - Blade to Hub Clearance |
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Rotor - Disk - Dihedral See Anhedral above |
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Rotor - Disk - Comparison - Sikorsky ABC to 3 & 4 blade Rotors |
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Rotor - Disk - Downwash in Hover & Forward Flight |
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Rotor - Disk - Folding Blades |
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Rotor - Disk - Large Chord & Low Speed Tip |
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Rotor - Disk - Rotor & Wing Layout |
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3-blades per Rotor |
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Rotor - Disk - Blade to Blade Clearance - 3-blade rotors |
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Rotor - Disk - Downwash Intersection Azimuths - 3-blade rotors |
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Rotor - Disk - Lateral Dissymmetry of Lift (& Drag?) - 3-blade rotors |
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4-blades per Rotor |
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Rotor - Disk - Blade to Blade Clearance - 4-blade Rotors |
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Rotor - Disk - Lateral Dissymmetry of Lift (& Drag?) - 4-blade Rotors |
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Rotor - Disk - Longitudinal Dissymmetry of Lift (& Drag?) - 4-blade Rotors |
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Common: |
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Rotor - Disk - Location of Center of Thrust |
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Rotor - Disk - Enhanced Pre-cone |
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Rotor - Disk - Stall Recovery |
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Rotor - Disk - Variable RRPM |
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Rotor - Disk - Yaw - Similar to Co-axial |
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Rotor - Disk - Yaw - Similar to Side-by-side |
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OTHER: Rotor Concept - Reverse Velocity Utilization |
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OTHER: Rotor Concept - Independent Root & Tip Control |
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Ref. |
DESIGN: SynchroLite ~ Rotor - Disk - Hub Spring Induced Lead/Lag Mitigation |
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Ref. |
DESIGN: UniCopter ~ Vibration - Rotor Induced - Control - Leading and Trailing Edge Sealed Flaps |
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Ref. |
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