Examination of future trends in development of VTOL aircraft and their potential for civil transport operations; improvements which are applicable to all uses of aircraft include cruise speed increase, payload increase, and reduction in direct operating cost per hour; most important parameters in determination of operating cost of aircraft are first cost, utilization, and overhaul and maintenance costs; attempts must be made to minimize first and third and to miximize second; development of other forms of rotorcraft such as stopped or stowed rotor aircraft and convertible rotor aircraft; military and civil applications. 1 ref. (02435)
Some aspects of future helicopter and other rotocraft development
Aircr Eng
Aircraft Engineering ; 40 , n 9
1968
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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