GB809947A - Improvements in or relating to helicopters - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to helicopters

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GB809947A
GB809947A GB951956A GB951956A GB809947A GB 809947 A GB809947 A GB 809947A GB 951956 A GB951956 A GB 951956A GB 951956 A GB951956 A GB 951956A GB 809947 A GB809947 A GB 809947A
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blades
rotated
centrifugal fan
dome
fuselage
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Priority to GB1852956A priority patent/GB809948A/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
    • B64C29/0025—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers the propellers being fixed relative to the fuselage
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M9/00—Aerodynamic testing; Arrangements in or on wind tunnels
    • G01M9/02—Wind tunnels
    • G01M9/04—Details

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  • Aerodynamic Tests, Hydrodynamic Tests, Wind Tunnels, And Water Tanks (AREA)

Abstract

809,947. Aircraft. COOKE, W. D. Nov. 30, 1956 [March 27, 1956], No. 9519/56. Class 4. A helicopter rotor assembly includes a series of aerofoil blades mounted to rotate about an axis in a flow of gas delivered by a centrifugal fan coaxial with the blades and arranged to rotate in the opposite direction to the blades. In Fig. 2, an aircraft fuselage 19 has a forwardly facing air intake 20 leading to the centrifugal fan 13 rotated through gears 15, 14, 8 and 9 by a motor 11. Blades 1 in the spiral air flow from the fan are rotated by the motor 11 through gears 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, and the air is finally discharged through an aperture 21 in the fuselage. The blades are inclined to the radial direction to meet the air flow streamlines at right angles. Fig. 5 shows a flying crane comprising a dome 15 with a central aperture 26 leading to a gas turbine unit 20 pivotally mounted on the dome about two axes at right angles so as to be universally orientatble by electric motors 27, 28 controlled from the ground through a cable 29, or by radio control. A fuel tank 31 is mounted in the gas turbine unit. The turbine exhaust passes into a centrifugal fan 36 rotated by the turbine, and thence over aerofoil blades 39 mounted on a member 40 rotated in the opposite direction to the blades through stationary planet gears 41a. A hook 45 on the dome supports the load, and the apparatus is stabilized by jet reaction from two vertical nozzles 48 (one shown) mounted on forwardly and laterally extending arms 46 (one shown). The jets are controlled by pendulum operated switches, Fig. 8 (not shown), and supplied from the gasturbine compressor. Fig. 11 shows a cross section of part of the wing of an aircraft. The centrifugal fan 82 and blade assembly 83 are rotated in opposite directions by a motor in the fuselage which also drives a propeller. The intake aperture 94 can be closed for conventional fixed wing flight by a spanwise sliding panel 95, and the discharge apertures 98 can be closed by flexible panels 99, 100 guided by rollers 101, 102, 104, 105, the panels being operated by reversible electric motors. The direction of discharge of air can be controlled by vanes 106, 108 and 109. Outboard of the fan and blades, the wing is of reduced chord and thickness.
GB951956A 1956-03-27 1956-03-27 Improvements in or relating to helicopters Expired GB809947A (en)

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GB951956A GB809947A (en) 1956-03-27 1956-03-27 Improvements in or relating to helicopters
GB1852956A GB809948A (en) 1956-03-27 1956-06-15 Improvements in or relating to whirling arm apparatus

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GB951956A GB809947A (en) 1956-03-27 1956-03-27 Improvements in or relating to helicopters

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GB1852956A Expired GB809948A (en) 1956-03-27 1956-06-15 Improvements in or relating to whirling arm apparatus

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3568955A (en) * 1968-12-24 1971-03-09 James E Mcdevitt Blowhard vtol aircraft
GB2123780A (en) * 1982-05-05 1984-02-08 Francis Williamson Improvements to aircraft
CN114514173A (en) * 2019-10-24 2022-05-17 株式会社斯巴鲁 Disc type vertical take-off and landing machine
CN115683541A (en) * 2023-01-05 2023-02-03 中国空气动力研究与发展中心高速空气动力研究所 Multi-channel pulse micro-jet generator for flow control of large S-bend air inlet channel

Families Citing this family (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN118010292B (en) * 2024-04-09 2024-06-18 中国空气动力研究与发展中心高速空气动力研究所 Sub-transonic progressive direct connection wind tunnel test model supporting device and design method

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3568955A (en) * 1968-12-24 1971-03-09 James E Mcdevitt Blowhard vtol aircraft
GB2123780A (en) * 1982-05-05 1984-02-08 Francis Williamson Improvements to aircraft
CN114514173A (en) * 2019-10-24 2022-05-17 株式会社斯巴鲁 Disc type vertical take-off and landing machine
CN115683541A (en) * 2023-01-05 2023-02-03 中国空气动力研究与发展中心高速空气动力研究所 Multi-channel pulse micro-jet generator for flow control of large S-bend air inlet channel

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