Helicopter aerodynamics

[EN48]

All,

I am interested in assembling a library of contemporary and relevant older publications on helicopter aerodynamics, basic to advanced, and including materials intended for both pilots and design engineers. Any recommendations for items to be included? Anyone aware of a comprehensive list of such pubs? Perhaps there is a prior thread which deals with this topic?

Thanks,

EN48

[VeeAny]

You will find some on here Helicopter Books (http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/books.asp).

I hope it helps.

Gary

[Whirlygig]

Reading from my extensive library

Helicopter Aerodynamics - Ray Prouty
Cyclic & Collective - Shawn Coyle
The Helicopter; history, piloting and how it flies - John Fay
Rotorcraft Flying Handbook
Principles of Helicopter Flight - Wagtendonk
Principles of Flight - Roy Quantick
Helicopter Theory - Wayne Johnson
Rotary Wing Flight

Plus the following are available/around

Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics - J Gordon Leishman (pricey one this!)
Foundations of Helicopter Flight - Simon Newman (another pricey one!)

There's a big selection on Amazon; I think the Ray Prouty book is only available via Mojave Books. There's also numerous books around on flying and handling techniques and safety issues

Cheers

Whirls

[Bertie Thruster]

'Blimey Whirls, that's an impressive list!

Made me get up from the sofa to check the extensive Thruster library.












:sad:

[krypton_john]

Sounds like porn, not helicopter theory!

[Whirlygig]

Bertie, you are welcome to borrow from the Whirls' Library but fines for late return are onerous!! Not sure about your collection of microlight literature though! :}

Trouble is, I think friends and family are now running out of Christmas and birthday gifts unless Shawn's got another tome up his sleeve! Hang on, VeeAny's just prepared my list for Santa! :ok:

Cheers

Whirls

[ShyTorque]

Whirls,

How about Prouty's thoughtfully titled books "More Helicopter Aerodynamics" and - you guessed it "Even More Helicopter Aerodynamics", for Christmas? :)

Or even "Social skills for helicopter pilots"?

You'll have to write the last one yerself.... ;)

[Whirlygig]

The three Ray Prouty volumes have been published as one, simply called, "Helicopter Aerodynamics". And yes, I have it and you can have the same lending terms as Bertram!

As for your second idea ... well, they say that everyone has a book in them :}

Cheers

Whirls

[ShyTorque]

Thanks for the kind offer but I have all three (separate) volumes. Anyway, I tremble at the thought of the possible terms of your loan. :ooh:

[flyer43]

Have you tried this website - Dynamic Flight (http://www.dynamicflight.com/)

[Shawn Coyle]

The Prouty book is available at Eagleeyesolutionsllc.com.
Mojave Books went out of business a while ago.

[slowrotor]

Most of the books are for pilots.
For designers:
I have "Principles of Helicopter Engineering" Jacob Shapiro 1955.
The book covers almost everything from aerodynamics to detail design.

Nothing current about helicopter detail design, as far as I know.

Dave Jackson has a list books at his website.

[Dave_Jackson]

This is the list that slowrotor is refering to;

Source of Information (http://www.unicopter.com/B281.html) http://www.unicopter.com/Index_Book.jpg

Dave

[Alloa Akbar]

Only book I ever needed when I was in training was BR69 - Naval Manual of Gynaecology..

[EN48]

Have just purchased a copy of J. Gordon Leishman's "Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics." In my judgement, this is the definitive, modern text on this subject. The second edition was published in 2006 with extensive additions/corrections vs the first edition. The book contains an excellent chapter on the history of helicopter flight, and each chapter concludes with a very extensive bibliography. This is not an inexpensive book but is available at Amazon.com at a significant discount from list price. A word of caution: this is a highly mathematical/theoretical treatment of the subject, which, even with an advanced engineering background, I find daunting. However, it seems possible to get benefit from the book even if one does not have the appropriate math background. Highly recommended, but with the reservations stated above.