Helicopter performance requires consideration of three variables: gross weight, temperature and altitude; previously direct calculations had to be used for every set of conditions; more recently test data have become available on Sikorsky S-51 helicopter, which have made it possible to construct performance charts; these are illustrated. (p 62, 64, 66, 68, 112-4)
Practical helicopter performance charts
Aero Digest
Aero Digest ; 59 , n 4
1949
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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