An experimental investigation was performed to obtain the aerodynamic loading of a series of wingtips. The wingtips varied in taper ratio (1.0, 0.6, and 0.3) and in sweep angle (0, 20, 30, 35, and 45 deg). The wingtips were tested separately (wingtip only configuration) and while mounted on a semi-span wing. The quarter-chord sweep angle of the wing was varied from 30 deg forward sweep, to unswept, to 30 deg. aft sweep. Wingtip loading was obtained from a six component strainguage balance mounted in the wingtip. The effect of wing sweep and wingtip taper and wingtip sweep on the wingtip lift curve slope, drag polar, and pitching moment behavior is discussed. The obtained wingtip data was used to define blade tip platforms, suitable for use in the Free-Tip Rotor configuration. The Free-Tip Rotor has blade tips, which are allowed to weathervane into the blade tip's relative wind. A passive control moment is applied to the blade tip's pitch axis so as to cause blade tip motion around a prescribed null point providing a finite blade tip lift.


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    Title :

    Experimental investigation of wingtip aerodynamic loading


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Vertical Lift Aircraft Design Conference ; 1990 ; San Francisco, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    1990-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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