It looks like the sort of thing Gerry Anderson would have dreamed up!
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Brian;
The Mi-12 has a slightly Interleaving configuration, which can be seen on the plan view in page 82 of John Everett-Heath's book [above]. It looks like the higher thrust area of blades, which is near the tips, spend more time over the Mi-12 fuselage than over the fuselage of a tandem. Just a guess. Dave |
How little we know about Russian helicopters.
Earlier side-by-side helicopters; In Russian; http://www.mai.ru/colleges/fac_1/kaf...es/prf_ipb.htm Translated into English, hopefully; http://translate.google.com/translat...%3Den%26sa%3DN |
Dave, the only real reason to do this now would be to get around the need to design a large rotor system. Even then MI-26 proves this is achievable. The biggest problem is the need for the MGB to handle a growth factor squared to the MUAW, while everything else is linear. This is due to the need to keep tip speeds below ~200 m/s, and handle same power so torque goes up.
Originally Posted by Nick Lappos
It is a pickle that the tilt rotor folks solved using extremely stiff wings with composite materials. Most likely, these dynamic interactions created a real flight envelope problem that hampered the ability to put the aircraft into use. It is possible that modern computation could help the control system, and modern composite materials could help the stiffness.
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Mart,
Remember that the Side-by-Side Mi12 was intended to be a heavy lift transport craft, not a highly maneuverable attack helicopter. ______________________________________ In addition;
One improvement is obvious; http://www.unicopter.com/No_Tail_Rotor.gif .... and there are many more to come from progressive manufacturers. Dave |
From your post, Dave, it seems we must get rid of rotorcrafts when we need an efficient aircraft!!! :mad: :ugh: :}
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or think different .... ;)
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