Adjustment of Existing Whirl Tower Data
The hover performance of a new rotor design may be estimated using test data from a previously tested rotor, even if they are not identical. The effect of differences in solidity, twist, number of blades, and tip Mach number can be estimated from the hover charts and used as correction factors.
Table 1.1 lists a number of whirl tower tests and the characteristics of the rotors tested.
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TABLE 1.1 Tabulation of Published Whirl Tower Tests Chord
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Airfoil
0015 |
14 |
.22 |
3 |
.117 |
1.26 |
1937 |
23015 |
12 |
.69 |
6.6 |
.177 |
1.27 |
1952 |
23015 |
12 |
.69 |
5.7 |
.164 |
1.27 |
1952 |
8H12 |
10 |
.58 |
5.9 |
.146 |
1.28 |
1954 |
63 2—015 |
15 |
.71 |
6.1 |
.192 |
1.29 |
1956 |
0012 |
20 |
.45 |
2.5 |
.066 |
1.30 |
1956 |
0017 to 0009 |
14 |
.72 |
4.9 |
.158 |
1.31 |
1958 |
0015 |
14 |
.81 |
4.7 |
.189 |
1.32 |
1958 |
0012 |
15 |
.70 |
4.4 |
.191 |
1.1 |
1958 |
0012 |
18 |
.98 |
22 |
.118 |
1.33 |
1960 |
63215A018 |
14 |
.76 |
7.0 |
.177 |
1.34 |
1960 |
0012 |
25 |
.95 |
14 |
.136 |
1.35 |
1961 |
632A015(230) |
14 |
, .67 |
3.8 |
.195 |
1.8 |
1961 |
632A012(130) |
15 |
.75 |
5.1 |
.179 |
1.36 |
1962 |
0012 |
10 to 50 |
.67 |
13.7 |
.108 |
1.37 |
1970 |
13006 |
10 |
.58 |
33 |
.111 |
1.24 |
1971 |
TABLE 1.1 (continued)
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