Effects of Propeller Operation and Angle of Yaw on the Distribution of the Load on the Horizontal Tail Surface of a Typical Pursuit Airplane

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Full-Scale Investigation of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Typical Single-Sotor Helicopter in Forward Flight

As part of the general helicopter research program being undertaken by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to provide designers with fundamental rotor information, the forward-flight performance characteristics of a typical single-rotor helicopter, which is equipped with main and tail rotors, have been investigated in the Langley full-scale tunnel. The test conditions included operation of tip-speed ratios from 0.10 to 0.27 and at thrust coefficients from 0.0030 to 0.0060. Results obtained with production rotor were compared with those for an alternate set of blades having closer rib spacing and a smoother and more accurately contoured surface in order to evaluate the performance gains that are available by the use of rotor blades having an improved surface condition. The wind tunnel results are shown to be in fair agreement with the results of both flight tests and theoretical predictions

Summary of Measurements in Langley Full-Scale Tunnel of Maximum Lift Coefficients and Stalling Characteristics of Airplanes

The results of measurements in the Langley full-scale tunnel of the maximum lift coefficients and stalling characteristics of airplanes have been collected. The data have been analyzed to show the nature of the effects on maximum lift and stall of wing geometry, fuselages and nacelles, propeller slipstream, surface roughness, and wing leading-edge appendages such as ducts, armaments, tip slats, and airspeed heads. Comparisons of full-scale-tunnel and flight measurements of maximum lift and stall are included in some cases, and the effects of the different testing techniques on the maximum-lift measurements are also given

Static-Thrust Tests of Six Rotor-Blade Designs on a Helicopter in the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel

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NACA Technical Notes

Report presenting the power requirements measured in static thrust and in level forward flight for two helicopter rotor configurations. One is a coaxial rotor arrangement with the rotors spaced approximately 19 percent of the rotor radius; the other is a tandem configuration in which the rotor-shaft spacing is 3 percent greater than the rotor diameter and in which the rotors lie in the same plane