The tilt rotor underwent a hover performance test on the Aero Propulsion Laboratory whirl stand at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The maximum thrust over density ratio measured at the design tip speed of 740 feet per second was 10,016 pounds. This occurred when the power over density ratio was 1721 horsepower. At the hover overspeed rpm, the thrust and power, over density ratio, were 11,008 pounds and 1866 horsepower. During the test, the maximum measured thrust coefficient was 0.177, and the rotor figure of merit exceeded 0.81. Measured lifting efficiency was 8.35 pounds per horsepower at the thrust a 13,000-pound aircraft would require for hover at sea level on a standard day. No effect of compressibility on performance is discernible in the test results (the range of tip Mach numbers tested was 0.55 to 0.71). (Author)
Full Scale Hover Test of a 25 Foot Tilt Rotor
1973
135 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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