EXAMPLE HELICOPTER CALCULATIONS

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Disc loading

5

Induced velocities in wake

5

Vertical drag

7

Power loading

9

Power to hover, main rotor

9

Solidity

16

CjIg

18

Average lift coefficient

18

Tip angle

19

Collective pitch

20

Average drag coefficient

24

Lock number

31

Coning in hover

32

Main rotor tip loss factor

34

Effective disc loading

35

Effective induced velocity

35

Tip angle with tip and root losses

36

Hover power with tip and root losses

36

Blade element conditions

41

Effect of twist

42

Power due to wake rotation

52

Ground effect

68

Main rotor hover power

75

Tail rotor hover power

75

Blade element conditions

76