Aerodynamics
Helicopter Aerodynamics
Concepts
Much of the following material has been taken from U.S. Army Field Manual 1-51, and then modified as appropriate.
- Airfoils
- Rotary Wing Planforms
- Relative Wind
- Angle of Attack
- Total Aerodynamic Force
- Pressure Patterns
- Drag
- Centrifugal Force
- Rotational Velocities
- Hovering
- Ground Effect
- Torque
- Translational Lift
- Transverse Flow Effect
- Dissymetry of Lift
- Blade Flapping
- Gyroscopic Precession
- Retreating Blade Stall
- Settling with Power
- Autorotation