For over thirty years now, the H-46 Sea Knight tandem rotor helicopter has operated successfully from the decks of various U.S. Navy ships. There have been approximately 210 thousand landings and takeoffs at sea and the vast majority have occurred without incident. Only a small percent of the total H-46 landings and takeoffs have been less than fully satisfactory. On certain ships, (e.g. the LHA amphibious assault ship) the combination of winds at 15 deg. or so off of the bow and low rotor r.p.m. are conditions under which, on occasion, the rear rotor blades have been observed to flap uncontrollably. Cases have been reported where the rotor blades have struck the H-46 sync-shaft cover during startup and shutdown while the H-46 is sitting on the deck. One life has been lost, several people injured and the repair costs total of the 110+ incidents has been estimated to exceed $20 million. To date, the root cause of this problem has not been identified.


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    Titel :

    Modeling of H-46 Tip Strikes


    Beteiligte:
    G. Zilliac (Autor:in) / K. Long (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1998


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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