The Art of the Helicopter John Watkinson - Karatunov.net
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Lockheed flybar system, 309–13<br />
AMCS (advanced mechanical control system),<br />
312<br />
CL-475 test bed, 309<br />
Model 286(XH-51) four-bladed hingeless<br />
system, 311–12<br />
three-bladed hingeless rotor system, 309–11<br />
Machinery rafts, for vibration control, 111–12<br />
Mag<strong>net</strong>ic compasses, 264–71<br />
aircraft compass construction, 264–6<br />
compass dip, 266<br />
compass errors, 267–9<br />
banked turn problems, 267–9<br />
deviation, 267<br />
flux gate compass, 269–71<br />
gyromag<strong>net</strong>ic compass, 281–2<br />
liquid damping, 266<br />
lubber lines, 266<br />
maps for, 264<br />
and runway numbering, 264<br />
Mag<strong>net</strong>os, 201–3<br />
Manoeuvres:<br />
banking, 87–8<br />
basic manoeuvres, 87–9<br />
hover to transitional flight, 87–8<br />
translational flight, 88–91<br />
Mass centroid, 23<br />
Mass controlled systems, and SHM, 42–3<br />
Mass and density, 22<br />
McDonnell Little Henry helicopter (ramjet), 248<br />
McDonnell XV-1 convertiplane, 355<br />
MD-500, tailplane, 180<br />
Mean sea level (MSL), 325–6<br />
Mil:<br />
Mi-24 Crocodile, 171, 175<br />
Mi-26, 171, 176<br />
V-12 multi-rotor helicopter, 361–2<br />
Military applications, 1–2, 321<br />
Models:<br />
feedback in servos, 59–60<br />
for research, 8–9<br />
MOGAS (aviation fuel), 238<br />
Moments and couples, 28–9<br />
MSL (mean sea level), 325–6<br />
Multi-rotor helicopters:<br />
about multi-rotor helicopters, 12–15, 358<br />
Cierva Air Horse, 358, 360<br />
coaxial helicopters, 15, 361–4<br />
yaw control, 362–4<br />
Mil V-12 helicopter, 361–2<br />
side-by-side configuration, 13, 358–61<br />
Fa 223 helicopter, 359–61<br />
synchropter, 13–15, 364–8<br />
Kaman H-43 (Husky), 366–8<br />
Kolibri (hummingbird) helicopter, 364–6<br />
yaw control, 366–8<br />
see also Tandem rotor helicopters<br />
Multiple engine machines:<br />
power management, 337–9<br />
transmission, 243–4<br />
Never exceed speed, 97<br />
Newton (N), 23<br />
Newton’s laws, 30<br />
Nodal beam vibration control system (Bell), 112<br />
NOTAR (NO TAil Rotor) system, 167, 187–9<br />
Nyquist frequency, and sidebands, 45–6<br />
Octal systems, 298<br />
OEI (one engine inoperative) safety, 324<br />
OGE (out <strong>of</strong> ground effect), 329–30<br />
Oil systems, gasoline engines, 205–7<br />
cold starting, 207<br />
heat soak after landing, 207<br />
oil cooler/temperature control, 206–7<br />
oil coolers, 205<br />
oil filter, 206<br />
oil grades, 206<br />
oil pressure relief valve, 205–7<br />
oil pump, 205<br />
oil SAE numbers, 206<br />
oil strainer, 205–6<br />
Oil systems, turbine engines, 232–3<br />
Oleos (oleo-pneumatic struts), 18<br />
One engine inoperative (OEI) safety, 324<br />
Oscillation, mechanics <strong>of</strong>, 36–40<br />
and centripetal force, 38<br />
and phase shift, 36–7<br />
radius <strong>of</strong> gyration, 38<br />
and rotation, 37–8<br />
and translation, 38<br />
Osprey helicopter, blade folding, 165<br />
Out <strong>of</strong> ground effect (OGE), 329–30<br />
Overpitching, 198<br />
PCM (pulse code modulation), 292–3<br />
Pendular vibration absorbers, 110<br />
Performance, 323–46<br />
about performance, 323–4<br />
climbing and descending, 335–7<br />
economic performance, 323<br />
hover in ground effect (HIGE), 323<br />
hover out <strong>of</strong> ground effect (HOGE), 323, 330<br />
one engine inoperative safety, 324<br />
operational performance, 323<br />
safety implications, 324<br />
speed limits, 97–8<br />
tactical performance, 323–4<br />
see also Power management; Range<br />
Index 385