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Rotocraft Performance - ZACM4927
Graduation

 
Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  UC Aerospace, Civ and Mech Eng
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: ZACM3032
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course enables the student to examine the performance of rotorcraft in hover, forward and climbing flight. The class will be introduced to simple methods for estimating the performance of rotors and engines in the presence of a helicopter fuselage and other rotors. Considerations of equilibrium will then be employed to calculate control settings and actuator forces for trim in hover, forward and climbing flight at various centre-of-gravity locations for a real helicopter.

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