Active rotor control for helicopters: Individual blade control and swashplateless rotor designs

36th European Rotorcraft Forum, ERF 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 88-110

  Kessler, Ch ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT CONTROL; CHEMICAL DETECTION; COMPETITION; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HELICOPTER SERVICES; HELICOPTERS; ROTORS;

ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HIGH NOISE LEVELS; HIGHER HARMONIC CONTROL; INDIVIDUAL BLADE CONTROL; MAINTENANCE EFFORTS; PASSENGER COMFORT; SWASHPLATELESS ROTOR;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 84969343316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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