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Old 8th July 2003 | 07:51
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Dave_Jackson
 
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The previously mentioned booklet is not on the Nagler. It is a 139-page report done for the United States Naval Academy in 1977. It is entitled 'Single Bladed Torqueless Helicopter Design'

The first idea was Forces on a Rigid Rotor . The intent was to have the vertical component of centrifugal force balance the lift of the rotor blade. The coning angle was 9.34-degrees and the feathering axis looks to be at 5-10% of chord. Wind tunnel tests were done on a model. "When cyclic control was applied, the rotor blades would become violently unstable."

Two other ideas were tried and the third one apparently worked; at least it worked on a model.

It appears that no consideration was given to vibration.
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