This chapter explores several aspects of the tiltrotor configuration and covers challenges in their design, modelling and simulation. An overview of the aircraft is first given that details the operational role this configuration aims to fulfil and summaries the amalgamation of a rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft into a single flight vehicle. Two important challenges of the tiltrotor configuration are then examined: the interactional effects of the aircraft through different phases of flight; and the undetermined control problem arising from the existence of both rotary-wing and fixed-wing controls. The tiltrotor aeromechanics are then introduced to give an outline of the required modelling and simulation elements of the different aircraft components through their extensive flight envelope. Finally, a numerical example is presented to better understand the transitional regime of flight in terms of aircraft performance and trim behaviour.
Tiltrotor Aeromechanics
Springer Aerospace Techn.
2023-01-28
25 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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