Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 10-foot-diameter Gyroplane Rotor (1936)
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nd tip-speed ratios planned to give results at a large scale and to obtain was investigated including the phase of operation in which complete information on the effect of as many as pos- the rotor turned very slowly, or idled. sible of the design variables of the rotor. The model The results… … Figure 1.—Ten-foot-diameter gyroplane rotor mounted for test. able for lift and control. changes in the blade oscillation, blade pitch angle, and One of the systems studied was the gyroplane, which the solidity. is of the autorotating type. Opposite blades of the APPARATUS rotor are rigidly…
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