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Ram-Jet Motors for Helicopters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2023

D. B. Spalding
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Summary

This paper examines the problems involved in designing the combustion system of a ram-jet motor for mounting on the tips of helicopter blades. Although sufficient knowledge is not yet available for such a motor to be completely designed on the drawing-board, a principle of construction is suggested which should require the minimum of experiment and development. The principle is illustrated by consideration of a 60 h.p. motor for a tip-speed of 650 ft./sec.

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Cierva Memorial Prize Essay
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The Journal of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain , Volume 5 , Issue 2: July-August-Sept 1951 , September 1951 , pp. 292 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1951

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