A conceptual design study of a large civil compound helicopter is presented. The objective is to determine how a compound helicopter performs when compared to both a conventional helicopter and a tiltrotor using a design mission that is shorter than optimal for a tiltrotor and longer than optimal for a helicopter. The designs are generated and analyzed using conceptual design software and are further evaluated with a comprehensive rotorcraft analysis code. Multiple metrics are used to determine the suitability of each design for the given mission. Plots of various trade studies and parameter sweeps as well as comprehensive analysis results are presented. The results suggest that the compound helicopter examined for this study would not be competitive with a tiltrotor or conventional helicopter, but multiple possibilities are identified for improving the performance of the compound helicopter in future research.


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    Title :

    Conceptual Design and Performance Analysis for a Large Civil Compound Helicopter


    Contributors:
    C. Russell (author) / W. Johnson (author)

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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