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The Single-Rotor Helicopter with Rigidly-Mounted Blades

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. R. Heppe
R. R. Heppe*
Affiliation:
Lockheed-California Company
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For many years, studies of various light aircraft designs have been carried on by the Lockheed-California Company in search of a vehicle that had the potential of truly generating the “air age”—a vehicle which would perform a useful service to many people, in many jobs. Shortly after the Second World War, these studies were directed along the lines of present-day light aeroplanes, but were eventually discarded upon recognition of the limited utility of these vehicles when related to general public acceptance. However, in 1959, spurred by recent developments in VTOL craft, the Lockheed research team again raised the question, “Is it possible today to develop a vehicle of low cost and with sufficient utility to reach the mass market?”

Type
Rotorcraft Section
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 634 , October 1963 , pp. 651 - 663
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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References

1.Rhodes, J. E. and Gaidelis, J. A. Loads Prediction for Structural Rigid Rotor Systems. 19th Annual American Helicopter Society Meeting, May 1963.Google Scholar