UniCopter ~ Rotor - Disk

Overview:

Data, drawings and computations related to the UniCopter's twin intermeshing rotor disks.

 Working Papers:

 

DESIGN:

B292

MAKE:

not applicable

Items:

DESIGN:

 

Name

Item

 

Rotor - Disk - Absolutely Rigid Rotor (ARR)

0815

 

Rotor - Disk - Advancing Blade Concept (ABC)

0890

 

Rotor - Disk - Anhedral See Dihedral below

1052

 

Rotor - Disk - Autorotation

1000

 

Rotor - Disk - Blade to Hub Clearance

0952

 

Rotor - Disk - Dihedral See Anhedral above

0909

 

Rotor - Disk - Comparison - Sikorsky ABC to 3 & 4 blade Rotors

1309

 

Rotor - Disk - Downwash in Hover & Forward Flight

0887

 

Rotor - Disk - Folding Blades

1004

 

Rotor - Disk - Large Chord & Low Speed Tip

1090

 

3-blades per Rotor

 

 

Rotor - Disk - Blade to Blade Clearance - 3-blade rotors

0854

 

Rotor - Disk - Downwash Intersection Azimuths - 3-blade rotors

1029

 

Rotor - Disk - Lateral Dissymmetry of Lift (& Drag?) - 3-blade rotors

0871

 

4-blades per Rotor

 

 

Rotor - Disk - Blade to Blade Clearance - 4-blade Rotors

1220

 

Rotor - Disk - Lateral Dissymmetry of Lift (& Drag?) - 4-blade Rotors

1218

 

Rotor - Disk - Longitudinal Dissymmetry of Lift (& Drag?) - 4-blade Rotors

1219

 

Common:

 

 

Rotor - Disk - Location of Center of Thrust

0908

 

Rotor - Disk - Pre-cone

1216

 

Rotor - Disk - Stall Recovery

1061

 

Rotor - Disk - Variable RRPM

1107

 

Rotor - Disk - Yaw - Similar to Co-axial

0860

Rotor - Disk - Yaw - Similar to Side-by-side

0897

 

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OTHER: Rotor Concept - Reverse Velocity Utilization

B473

OTHER: Rotor Concept - Independent Root & Tip Control

B436

Ref.

DESIGN: SynchroLite ~ Rotor - Disk - Hub Spring Induced Lead/Lag Mitigation

 

Ref.

DESIGN: UniCopter ~ Vibration - Rotor Induced - Control - Leading and Trailing Edge Sealed Flaps

 

Ref.

OTHER: Rotor Concept - Intermeshing w/ Anhedral

 

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