The Gyroplane: Its Principles and Its Possibilities
Description:
This report begins by indicating several simple principles concerning the velocity distribution over the blades of a lifting propeller of diameter D, revolving at n revolutions per second, and animated by a horizontal movement of translation at speed V. The calculation, compared with the test data, has shown that the aerodynamic action of the air on the blades depends almost only on the velocity components in a plane at right angles to the blade span. A history of gyroplane and gyrocopter devel…
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Date:
January 1937
Creator:
Breguet, Louis
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department