The aeroelastic stability in hover of a 9.8-m-diam, hingeless helicopter rotor system is evaluated. Rotor inplane damping data were obtained for rotor operation between 350 and 425 rpm for thrust coefficients between 0.0 and 0.12. At constant rotor rotational speed, a minimum inplane damping level was obtained at a thrust coefficient of approximately 0.02. At constant rotor thrust, a minimum in rotor inplane damping was measured at 400 rpm. Correlation with a comprehensive aeroelastic stability program is found to be good. The influence of different aerodynamic inflow models on predicted damping levels is shown. Best correlation with experimental data is obtained using a dynamic inflow model rather than static or quasi-static inflow models. Comparison with other full-scale, hingeless rotor stability data in hover is presented. Also, direct comparisons are made with data from a full-scale bearingless main rotor test performed on the same general-purpose test apparatus. Although the bearingless rotor is more highly damped at design tip speed and 1-g thrust operation, greater sensitivity to operating conditions is shown.


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    Title :

    Aeromechanical stability of a full-scale hingeless rotor in hover


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    American Helicopter Society, Annual Forum ; 1984 ; Arlington, VA


    Publication date :

    1984-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English