Family of airfoil shapes for rotating blades

This invention is an airfoil which has particular application to the blade or blades of rotor aircraft such as helicopters and aircraft propellers. The airfoil thickness distribution and camber are shaped to maintain a near zero pitching moment coefficient over a wide range of lift coefficients and...

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Hauptverfasser: NOONAN, KEVIN W
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Zusammenfassung:This invention is an airfoil which has particular application to the blade or blades of rotor aircraft such as helicopters and aircraft propellers. The airfoil thickness distribution and camber are shaped to maintain a near zero pitching moment coefficient over a wide range of lift coefficients and provide a zero pitching moment coefficient at section Mach numbers near 0.80 and to increase the drag divergence Mach number resulting in superior aircraft performance.