Design, Analysis, and Experimental Investigation of a Cyclocopter with Two Rotors
| Autor: | Seung Jo Kim, Jong Won Lee, Seung Yong Min, Choong Hee Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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020301 aerospace & aeronautics
Engineering business.industry Rotor (electric) Propeller Aerospace Engineering Thrust 02 engineering and technology Aerodynamics Structural engineering Computational fluid dynamics 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Blade element theory law.invention 0203 mechanical engineering law 0103 physical sciences Tail rotor Torque business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Aircraft. 53:1527-1537 |
| ISSN: | 1533-3868 0021-8669 |
| DOI: | 10.2514/1.c032731 |
| Popis: | A cyclocopter is a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that has cycloidal blade systems that consist of several blades rotating about a horizontal axis. The cycloidal blade system allows changes in direction and magnitude of the generated thrust. This paper describes the design and experimental studies of a 110 kg cyclocopter having two cycloidal blade system rotors and one tail propeller rotor powered by a 300-cm3-class rotary engine. The tail rotor generates pitching motion and compensates for the torque generated by the front two rotors. The upward thrust direction of the tail rotor provides 10% of the lifting force. The design thrust of the cycloidal blade system rotor is estimated in analytical and numerical analyses. An accurate analytical aerodynamic model is developed. The analytically estimated results have a trend similar to that of computational fluid dynamics analysis. Both analysis results match well with the results of a ground test. The onboard flight control computer system has two embed... |
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