Table of Contents.
6.1 to 6.2 Helicopter Aerodynamics
Match each of the following terms with an appropriate definition:
- Aerofoil
- Chord
- Span
- Camber
Recall the aerodynamic properties of a rotor blade in respect to:
- Aerofoil shape
- Blade twist
- Blade taper
6.3 Bernoulli's Theorem
Recall the relationship between dynamics pressure, static pressure and total pressure in a streamlined flow of an ideal fluid and state how pressure alters in a venturi.
6.4 General Helicopter Aerodynamics
Match each of the following terms with an appropriate definition:
- Rotor thrust
- Rotor drag
- Total reaction
- Relative airflow
- Rotational airflow
- Induced airflow
- Centrifugal reaction
- Rotor disc
- Coning angle
6.5 to 6.7 Hovering Flight
Label a diagram showing the vectors acting on a rotor blade in hovering flight.
Match each of the following items with an appropriate definition:
- Ground effect
- Tail rotor drift
- Rotor shaft tilt effect
- Re-circulation
Select from a list the statement which best describes:
- Vortex ring state (settling with power)
- Loss of tail rotor effectiveness (LTE)
- The conditions leading thereto
- The appropriate recovery action
6.8 Rotor Blade Movement
Match each of the following terms with an appropriate statement:
- Feathering
- Flapping
- Flapping to equality
- Dragging
- Advance angle
- Phase lag
6.9 to 6.10 Forward Flight
Match each of the following terms with an appropriate definition:
- Dissymmetry of lift
- Flapback
- Cyclic limits
- Airflow reversal
- Retreating blade stall
- Compressibility
- Inflow roll
- Translational lift
Label a diagram showing the vectors acting on various sections of a rotor blade in forward flight.
6.11 to 6.13 Power Requirements
Match each of the following terms with an appropriate definition:
- Rotor profile drag
- Induced drag
- Parasite drag
Recall the power available and power required curves and best speeds for range and endurance, best rate of climb and best angle of climb.
Select from a list the statement which best describes:
- Over-pitching
- The conditions leading to
- The appropriate recovery action
6.14 to 6.17 Autorotative Flight
Match each of the following terms with an appropriate definition:
- Autorotative force
- Autorotative section
Select from a list the statement which best describes the effect on autorotative flight of variations in:
- All-Up-Weight (AUW)
- Density altitude
- Airspeed
- Rotor RPM.
Label a diagram showing the vectors acting on a rotor blade section during forward autorotative flight.
Label a diagram showing the vectors acting on a rotor blade section during an autorotative flare.