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Old 15th January 2006 | 09:12
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Matthew Parsons
 
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Re: A very little something different.

Dave, I posted too quickly and left out one important observation. The lifting response of the motor only works when the rotor system is accelerated. If you're at a steady rpm then you will have a large lift force on the blade side, and no upwards force on the motor side. Small restoring forces will be created with the dynamics of the system, but I doubt if the magnitude will be sufficient to allow a level disk equilibrium, or even a convergent oscillation.

It might be worth creating equations of motion for this and then running simulations before going any further.

Matthew.
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