davh12
Heck the weight of the full-size craft we are working on already is small, at about 80 lbs.
Chuck,
Currently, for therapy, my psychiatrist has me carving things such as this mock-up of the aero-rotor hub, which will contain a 1:1 electric motor and provide torque-pitch to the blades. Meanwhile a fellow inmate is busy hurting his hand wrapping 14 AWG wire around the teeth of the stator for this motor.
The dream (hallucination) continues. :help:
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This may be of interest to you. It is in the AHS's July 2010 issue of AHS's Journal.
Handling Qualities Assessment of an Autogiro
by;
Marat Bagiev, Research Assistant and Douglas G. Thomson, Senior Lecturer
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
ABSTRACT
This paper outlines the first steps in the development of handling qualities requirements for autogiros. The basic premise of the research is that the handling qualities requirements and prescribed maneuvers from ADS-33E-PRF document can be modified to suit an autogiro. Inverse simulation is proposed as a preliminary tool in designing autogiro maneuvers. A high fidelity, individual blade/blade element coupled rotor-fuselage mathematical model of an autogiro is developed and successfully coupled with a generic inverse simulation algorithm to form an inverse simulation package. Two test maneuvers, slalom and acceleration-deceleration, were performed during flight test trials of a fully instrumented Montgomerie-Parsons research autogiro. This paper documents the results on autogiro handling qualities assessment based on subjective pilot comments. In conclusion, levels of handling qualities are defined for roll attitude quickness and pilot attack criteria for the autogiro slalom maneuver. ©2010 American Helicopter Society
Dave