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Accession Number:
AD0612011
Title:
WIND TUNNEL TESTS OF AN OPTIMIZED, MATCHED STIFFNESS RIGID ROTOR
Corporate Author:
LOCKHEED-CALIFORNIA CO BURBANK
Report Date:
1964-11-01
Abstract:
A 10-foot-diameter model of a new type of rigid rotor was tested in the Freon atmosphere of a transonic dynamics tunnel at simulated speeds up to 263 miles per hour. Configurations having 3, 4, and 6 blades with zero blade twist and a 4-blade configuration with six degrees of negative twist were tested. A flexure system eliminated the usual feathering bearings. While a true matched stiffness rotor would have flapping and in-plane stiffness matched along the full length of the blade, the system tested had stiffness matched only in the blade flexure region. The tests were successful, and this new type of rigid rotor appears to offer substantial advantages over previous stiff in-plane rigid rotors by reducing rotor weight, gyro weight and drag, hub drag, control forces, and mechanical complexity.
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/AD0612011
Pages:
0067
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Document partially illegible.
Contract Number:
DA-44-177-AMC-78T
File Size:
7.97MB
