时间:2011-04-05 11:37来源:蓝天飞行翻译 作者:航空 点击:次
To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. On this point, remember that the helicopter is better able to cope with a vertical rather than a horizontal crash (oops, sorry, landing), since the gear can usually take some punishment, as is proven daily by student pilots. You can use the tail boom and main rotors, too, especially in trees, mentioned below. To ensure the horizontal element is reduced, the best tactic will be to land in a decelerating attitude, which will mean making sure that the rear skids hit first (this will also help you keep straight. The reason a Jetranger requires to be levelled during normal autorotative landings is to preserve the gearbox mountings, but this is less of a consideration right now). A couple of good reasons for avoiding run-on landings are obstacles, and soft ground, which would increase your chances of nosing over, due to the inertia of the gearbox, engine and rotors, etc. against the drag of the skids. Reducing collective to compensate for the extra drag will, of course, increase the rate of descent, at which point the inner 25% of each blade is stalled, and the outer 30% is providing a small drag force. In other words, it is being driven: The right hand view above is what happens to the lifting area if you vary the ideal speed – it moves towards the retreating blade side, and when it reaches the edge, you get your VNE for autos. The best lift/drag ratio in autorotation is obtained at best endurance speed, whatever that is (check the manual, but most helicopters are designed for a speed of about 45 kts). Several factors may affect your rate of descent, such as gross weight, air density, airspeed and rotor RPM. Changing airspeed, though, is about the only one you have direct control over that gives you some flexibility, as the RPM must remain in a small speed band to be effective— remember that only the portions of the blades between 25-70% of their length provide any lift. In any case, every 1% reduction in rotor RPM results in a 2% loss of thrust, which will be the same as if somebody threw that weight in the back of your machine. The other significant point about keeping your RPM up concerns the tail rotor, which runs at a fixed speed relative to the main rotors – if they go slower, the tail rotor does too, and loses some of its effectiveness. |