The Art of the Helicopter John Watkinson - Karatunov.net
The Art of the Helicopter John Watkinson - Karatunov.net
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tanks, 219–20<br />
turbine engines, 237–8<br />
water contamination, 220–1<br />
Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC),<br />
235–7<br />
Fuselage/airframe:<br />
basic elements, 16–17<br />
hull rocking resonance, 150<br />
vibrations from rotor, 102–3<br />
Gases:<br />
adiabatic changes, 34–5<br />
and <strong>the</strong> atmosphere, 32–3, 324–5<br />
Gas Law, 33, 325<br />
iso<strong>the</strong>rmal changes, 34–5<br />
and pressure, 32–3<br />
Gasoline engines/installations:<br />
advantages, 192<br />
anti-vibration measures, 193<br />
basic construction and operation, 198–201<br />
belt drives, 193–4<br />
cooling systems, 219<br />
correlators, 196–7<br />
ignition systems, 201–4<br />
induction throttle control, 192<br />
limitations, 192<br />
mag<strong>net</strong>os, 201–3<br />
pumping loss, 334<br />
range, 333–4<br />
RPM control, 195–8<br />
starter motors, 204<br />
static droop, 196–7<br />
throttles, 196<br />
typical installation, 193–4<br />
see also Carburettors, gasoline engines; Fuel<br />
injection, gasoline engines; Fuel systems;<br />
Instrumentation, gasoline engines; Oil<br />
systems, gasoline engines; Turbochargers,<br />
gasoline engines<br />
Gazda Helicospeeder, 354<br />
Gearboxes see Transmission<br />
Glass cockpit technology, 262<br />
Governors and correlators, 195–8<br />
turbine engines, 234<br />
GPS receivers, 262<br />
Gravity/gravitational attraction, 23–4, 27<br />
Gray code, 296<br />
Ground effect, 84–6<br />
and fountain effect, 85<br />
HIGE (hover in ground effect), 323<br />
HOGE (hover out <strong>of</strong> ground effect), 72–3, 323,<br />
330<br />
and RAF (relative air flow), 84<br />
and recirculation, 86<br />
Ground resonance, 18, 145–52<br />
and dragging blade motion, 145–7<br />
hull rocking resonance, 150<br />
recovery from, 152<br />
s<strong>of</strong>t-in-plane rotors, 151–2<br />
Stiff-in-plane rotors, 152<br />
whirling/whirling frequency, 146–52<br />
Groundspeed (GS), 276<br />
Gurney flap, 181<br />
Gust response, 68<br />
Gyrodyne (compound helicopter), 10, 353–5<br />
advantages, 353<br />
Fairy Gyrodyne, 10, 353<br />
Gazda Helicospeeder, 354<br />
Lockheed Cheyenne gyrodyne, 354<br />
Piasecki Pathfinder, 354<br />
Gyroplanes (autogyros):<br />
about gyroplanes, 10, 347–8<br />
autodynamic head, 350<br />
Cierva autogyros, 143, 348–9<br />
cyclic control requirements, 349<br />
with flapping hinges, 349<br />
history, 2<br />
jump-take-<strong>of</strong>f, 349–50<br />
starting, 349–50<br />
with teetering heads, 350<br />
Gyroscopes, 53–4<br />
gyroscopic precession, 52, 54<br />
laser, 54–5<br />
piezo-electric, 54–5<br />
rigidity, 53<br />
Gyroscopic instruments:<br />
about gyroscopic instruments, 277–9<br />
apparent drift, 278–9<br />
artificial horizon, 282–4<br />
attitude sensing, 286<br />
DIs (direction indicators), 279–81<br />
caging, 280–1<br />
gimballing errors, 280<br />
gyromag<strong>net</strong>ic compass, 281–2<br />
drift, 278–9<br />
earth gyros, 279, 282–4<br />
gyromag<strong>net</strong>ic compass, 281–2<br />
tied gyros, 279<br />
transport error, 279<br />
turn and slip indicators, 284–6<br />
H-force, 93, 94<br />
Hardover failure <strong>of</strong> servos, 59, 321<br />
Harmonic flapping and dragging, 99–100<br />
Harmonic pitch control, 113–14<br />
Heading sensors, 263<br />
Heads see Rotor heads<br />
Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS),<br />
257<br />
Height sensing see Altimeters<br />
Heisenberg inequality, 48<br />
Index 383