旋翼机飞行手册 ROTORCRAFT FLYING HANDBOOK

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Basically, if the helicopter represented by this H/V diagram is above 445 feet AGL, you have enough time and altitude to enter a steady state autorotation, regardless of your airspeed. If the helicopter is hovering at 5 feet AGL (or less) in normal conditions and the engine fails, a safe hovering autorotation can be made. Between approximately 5 feet and 445 feet AGL, however, the transition to autorotation depends on the altitude and airspeed of the helicopter. Therefore, you should always be familiar with the height/velocity diagram for the particular model of helicopter you are flying.
THE EFFECT OF WEIGHT VERSUS DENSITY ALTITUDE
The height/velocity diagram depicts altitude and airspeed situations from which a successful autorotation can be made. The time required, and therefore, altitude necessary to attain a steady state autorotative descent, is dependent on the weight of the helicopter and the density altitude. For this reason, the H/V diagram for some helicopter models is valid only when the helicopter is operated in accordance with the gross weight vs. density altitude chart. Where appropriate, this chart is found in the rotorcraft flight manual for the particular helicopter. [Figure 11-3]

Figure 11-3. Assuming a density altitude of 5,500 feet, the height/velocity diagram in figure 11-2 would be valid up to a gross weight of approximately 1,700 pounds. This is found by entering the graph at a density altitude of 5,500 feet (point A), then moving horizontally to the solid line (point B). Moving vertically to the bottom of the graph (point C), you find that with the existing density altitude, the maximum gross weight under which the height/velocity diagram is applicable is 1,700 pounds.
The gross weight vs. density altitude chart is not intended as a restriction to gross weight, but as an advisory to the autorotative capability of the helicopter during takeoff and climb. You must realize, however, that at gross weights above those recommended by the gross weight vs. density altitude chart, the H/V diagram is not restrictive enough.

VORTEX RING STATE (SETTLING WITH POWER)
Vortex ring state describes an aerodynamic condition where a helicopter may be in a vertical descent with up to maximum power applied, and little or no cyclic authority. The term “settling with power” comes from the fact that helicopter keeps settling even though full engine power is applied.
In a normal out-of-ground-effect hover, the helicopter is able to remain stationary by propelling a large mass of air down through the main rotor. Some of the air is recirculated near the tips of the blades, curling up from the bottom of the rotor system and rejoining the air entering the rotor from the top. This phenomenon is common to all airfoils and is known as tip vortices. Tip vortices consume engine power but produce no useful lift. As long as the tip vortices are small, their only effect is a small loss in rotor efficiency. However, when the helicopter begins to descend vertically, it settles into its own downwash, which greatly enlarges the tip vortices. In this vortex ring state, most of the power developed by the engine is wasted in accelerating the air in a doughnut pattern around the rotor.

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