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386 Index<br />

Piasecki:<br />

Dogship tandem rotor helicopter, 368–9<br />

Pathfinder gyrodyne, 354<br />

Piezo-electric gyroscopes, 54–5<br />

Pilot stress, and vibration, 107<br />

Piston engines/installations:<br />

basic elements, 17<br />

fuel for, 18<br />

typical installation, 193–4<br />

see also Diesel piston engines/installations;<br />

Gasoline engines/installations<br />

Pitch control, 136–41<br />

cyclic trim, 141–2<br />

multi-bladed heads, 139–41<br />

servo tabs, 138–9<br />

sliding swashplates, 136–7<br />

Pitch stability, 342<br />

Plunging, 98<br />

Power assisted controls, 302–3<br />

duplex actuator, 303–4<br />

EHV (electro-hydraulic valve), 304–5<br />

fully powered systems, 303–5<br />

Power management, 326–31<br />

airspeed effects, 330–1<br />

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

climbing, 335–7<br />

descending, 335–7<br />

and hover out <strong>of</strong> ground effect (HOGE), 329–30<br />

multiple engine machines, 337–9<br />

power margin, 327–9<br />

Power to weight ratio, high needed, 1<br />

Power turbine inlet temperature (PTIT), 237<br />

Powerblades, 249<br />

Pressure, and gases, 32–3<br />

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

Pressure instruments:<br />

altimeters, 271–5<br />

altitude sensing, 276–7<br />

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

ASI (airspeed indicator), 275–6<br />

chaser motors, 277<br />

chasers, 277<br />

GS (groundspeed), 276<br />

IAS (indicated air speed), 276<br />

ISA (International Standard Atmosphere),<br />

273–4, 325–6<br />

QFE (airfield barometric pressure), 273–4<br />

QNH (pressure reduced to mean sea level), 273–4<br />

rotor turning problems, 274<br />

TAS (true air speed), 276<br />

VSI (vertical speed indicator), 275<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>ile drag, 63–4<br />

PTIT (power turbine inlet temperature), 237<br />

Pulse code modulation (PCM), 292–3<br />

Pulse jet, 248–9<br />

Pulse width modulation (PWM), 378<br />

Puma, tail design, 173<br />

Pumping loss, gasoline engines, 334<br />

PWM (pulse width modulation), 378<br />

QFE (airfield barometric pressure), 273–4<br />

QNH (pressure reduced to mean sea level), 273–4<br />

Quantizing, 293<br />

RADAR altimeter, 288–90<br />

RADAR sensors, 288–90<br />

Radio control principles, 377–8<br />

Radio-controlled helicopters, 263, 376–7<br />

Radius <strong>of</strong> gyration, 38<br />

RAF (relative airflow):<br />

about RAF, 61<br />

and ground effect, 84<br />

Ramjet (athodyd), 247–8<br />

Range:<br />

and all-up weight (AUW), 334<br />

gasoline engines, 333–4<br />

and speed, 331–2<br />

turbine engines, 333–4<br />

wind effects, 332<br />

Recirculation, and ground effect, 86<br />

Relative airflow (RAF):<br />

about RAF, 61<br />

and ground effect, 84<br />

Remotely piloted helicopters, 263, 376–7<br />

Resonance, 43<br />

Reynolds numbers, 63<br />

Rigidity and strength, 25–6<br />

Robinson helicopters, 131<br />

R-22, 158<br />

carburettor icing avoidance, 215–16<br />

overpitch control, 198<br />

Rollover, 153–5<br />

Rotation, mechanics <strong>of</strong>, 40–4<br />

damping, 43<br />

mass controlled systems, 42–3<br />

resistance controlled systems, 43<br />

rotation masses and precession, 51–2<br />

stiffness controlled systems, 42<br />

Rotodyne, 11, 12<br />

Rotor blades:<br />

abrasion problems, 163<br />

actuator concept, 73–5<br />

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

aeroelasticity effect, 115<br />

blade construction, 162–3<br />

blade design, 114–16<br />

blade element <strong>the</strong>ory, 75<br />

blade folding, 163–5<br />

blade forces, 70–1<br />

blade stall and compressibility, 93–7<br />

blade tracking, 163

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