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Old 19th Sep 2003, 03:35
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Dave_Jackson
 
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RW-1,

Charles Kaman might shudder to hear; "... a model of a Kaman intermeshing?"
This model, with its rigid hubs and two blades per rotor, will experience (or has experienced) very high vibration during forward flight.


Trivia,

A close-up of the hubs and swashplates is interesting. They have set the phase lag at approximatly 45-degrees. If the craft had basic teetering rotors, the phase-lag would be 90-degrees. If they were able to produce 'absolutely' rigid rotors, the phase lag would be a theoretical 0-degrees.
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