TC --- Just what is meant by Wing Span? Does it just mean the distance from wing tip to wingtip? Does it also include the other wing geometries?
I do not think the TC's original question was phrased correctly, because even basic grade school physics about wing geometry would include the...
If you google CH 47 Chinook destroyed by "Ground Resonance", you will see a very interesting phenomena that happens with the CH 47. A CWO-4 Prouty was able to forestall this destruction at Fort Sill OK when he re-hovered as soon as it started, and then landed after they stacked a huge pile of...
In reply to Roineust's first question about how the Chinook first balances itself; I do not understand the question. The flight envelope balance? The dynamic rotor Forces balance? Fore and aft CG Balance? Waterline (vertical CG) balance?
I have seen the Lynx, but never even touched one. I was impressed with their acrobatic capability to do a roll or loop. That being said, Helicopter manouvers in civilian life and military life never involve rolls or loops. One or the pilots told me that he had an engine failure at a high...
I have never flown the K-Max, but I have flown the Kamann Husky. It was a real dog lift wise, and speed wise, but it was a real stabile "hoverer". It was also very sensitive to cyclic control input. As a logging helicopter, the huskie was a dog. The K-Max is supposed to have good "low...
In the real Chinook Helicopter, the word "stability" means different things, depending on what flight mode you are in or what RPM you are transiting through (I. E. Start up or hover flight mode.). The rotor blades on the Chinook helicopter are mounted on a rotor hub that allow them to "Lead"...