Flight dynamics of an articulated rotor helicopter with an external slung load

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-13

  Fusato, Dario ^a,b   Guglieri, Giorgio ^b   Celi, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AIRCRAFT MODELS; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; VECTORS;

ARTICULATED ROTOR HELICOPTERS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0035119762     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.46.3     Document Type: Article

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