betaboy
the chord is definitely the width of the blade and surely the point is to keep blade tip speed to a minimum and definitely subsonic.his advantages are however valid.
could anyone resolve a conundrum for me,i cannot get my head around the question in bristow page 2 what is the effect of weight on rate of descent and the apparent contradictory answer to question on page 18,how does weight affect an aircrafts flight profile descent point?
surely if the heavier aircraft has a greater rate of descent would it not require a later descent point,not an earlier one.
maybe the answer is there,but i have been mulling over it so long that i have confounded myself.
any help appreciated.