The report has investigated the effects of further refinements to the computer programs as used for determining the vehicle characteristics and hence direct operating costs (DOC). Studies of the stowed rotor continue to show this aircraft to be a competitive configuration with DOCs of the same order as those of the helicopter at ranges above 50 miles. Unknown problems associated with stopping, retracting and stowing the rotor continue to make the prediction of the actual DOC of these vehicles difficult. The sensitivity of the results to these assumptions is discussed in the body of the report. An investigation of the effects of multiple hops, typical of a line haul type operation as compared to a shuttle type operation over a given stage length indicated that the average DOC was not appreciably affected by the multiple stop operation when compared with an aircraft operating over the same shorter distance.
Analysis of Vstol Aircraft Configurations for Short Haul Air Transportation Systems
1966
182 pages
Report
No indication
English
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