Stability and control issues associated with lightly loaded rotors autorotating in high advance ratio flight

Interest in high speed rotorcraft has directed attention toward the slowed-rotor, high advance ratio compound autogyro concept. The behavior of partially unloaded rotors, autorotating at high advance ratio is not well understood and numerous technical issues must be resolved before the vehicle can...

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Main Author: Rigsby, James Michael
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26536