An ongoing joint NASA/Army program to study the effects of ice accretion on unprotected helicopter rotor aerodynamic performance is discussed. This program integrates flight testing, wind tunnel testing, and analytical modeling. Results are discussed for helicopter flight testing in the Canadian NRC hover spray rig facility to measure rotor aero performance degradation and document rotor ice accretion characteristics. The results of dry wind tunnel testing of airfoil sections with artificial ice accretions and predictions of rotor performance degradation using available rotor performance codes and the wind tunnel data are presented. An alternative approach to conducting future helicopter icing flight programs is discussed.
The UH-1H helicopter icing flight test program: An overview
Aerospace Sci. Meeting ; 1985 ; Reno, Nevada
1985-01-01
Conference paper
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English
UH-1H Helicopter Icing Flight Test Program: An Overview
NTIS | 1985
|Helicopter flight characteristics in icing conditions
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