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Acceleration:<br />

and force, 22–5<br />

and velocity, 30<br />

Adiabatic changes <strong>of</strong> a gas, 34–5<br />

Advance ratio, 90<br />

Advancing blade compressibility stall, 96, 97<br />

AeroDiesel see Diesel piston engines/installations<br />

Aeroelasticity effect, 115<br />

Aer<strong>of</strong>oils see Airfoils (aer<strong>of</strong>oils)<br />

Aerospatiale elastomeric bearings, 160<br />

AFCS see Autopilots and AFCS (automatic flight<br />

control systems)<br />

Air resonance, 152–3<br />

Airflow-sensing for helicopters, 287–8<br />

Airfoils (aer<strong>of</strong>oils), 61–3<br />

angle <strong>of</strong> attack, 66, 67, 72<br />

cambered, 64–5, 66<br />

centre <strong>of</strong> pressure, 65–6<br />

coefficient <strong>of</strong> lift, 66–8<br />

dynamic overshoot, 66<br />

flat, 64<br />

flutter, 65–6<br />

stalling, 66<br />

Warren effect, 66<br />

see also Rotor blades<br />

Airframe see Fuselage/airframe<br />

Airspeed indicators (ASI), 263, 275–6, 287–8<br />

airspeed sensing, 276–7<br />

Alison free turbine engine, 224–5<br />

All-up weight (AUW), and power, 329–30, 334<br />

Altimeters:<br />

altitude sensing, 263, 276–7, 325–7<br />

pressure and density altitude, 325–7<br />

pressure instruments, 263, 271–5<br />

RADAR instruments, 263, 288–90<br />

rotors turning problems, 274<br />

AMCS (advanced mechanical control system),<br />

Lockheed flybar system, 312<br />

AMSL (height above mean sea level), 273<br />

Angle <strong>of</strong> attack, airfoils, 66, 67, 72<br />

Applications, 1–2<br />

Index<br />

military uses, 1–2, 321<br />

rescue vehicles, 1<br />

transport, 2<br />

APUs (auxiliary power units), 191<br />

<strong>Art</strong>iculated rotors see Rotor heads<br />

<strong>Art</strong>ificial horizon instruments:<br />

about artificial horizons, 259<br />

earth gyros, 282–4<br />

erection mechanisms, 282–4<br />

gyroscopic instruments, 282–4<br />

ASI (airspeed indicator), 263, 275–6, 287–8<br />

Athodyd (ramjet), 247–8<br />

Atmosphere:<br />

gaseous content, 32, 324–5<br />

influence <strong>of</strong>, 324–5<br />

International Standard Atmosphere (ISA),<br />

273–4, 325–6<br />

Attitude-sensing instruments:<br />

about attitude sensing, 263<br />

gyroscopic, 286<br />

Autodynamic head, 350<br />

Autogyros see Gyroplanes<br />

Autopilots and AFCS (automatic flight control<br />

systems):<br />

about autopilots, 313–14<br />

AFCS operation, 314–18<br />

airspeed control, 317<br />

altitude control, 317<br />

basic autopilot systems, 260–2, 314<br />

flight directors, 318<br />

see also Coupled systems<br />

Autorotation, vertical, 78–81, 82<br />

AUW (all-up weight), and power, 329–30, 334<br />

Auxiliary power units (APUs), 191<br />

AVGAS (aviation gasoline), 18, 238<br />

AVTUR (turbine type kerosene), 18, 238<br />

Banking, 87–8<br />

bar and hPa, 33<br />

Basic manoeuvres see Manoeuvres

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