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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

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