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Some Design Aspects of Tandem Rotor Helicopters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2023

J D Sibley  and
C H Jones
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The Chairman, in opening the meeting, said that the first part of the Paper would be presented by Mr J D Sibley, who for the past 10 years had been Chief Aerodynamicist at the Helicopter Division, Bristol Aircraft Ltd, Weston-Super-Mare Mr Sibley would discuss the aerodynamic aspects The second part, relating to the dynamical aspects, would be presented by Mr C H Jones, who had been Dynamics Engineer at the Helicopter Division, Bristol Aircraft Ltd, since 1955 Afterwards there would be a short film

The paper discusses a number of aerodynamic aspects which have appeared during the development of the Bristol Helicopters I have deliberately avoided excessive comparisons of the advantages and disadvantages of tandem helicopters versus the single main rotor helicopters, as this subject has been covered by numerous authors

The subject matter covers information on performance, control and stability, which has been obtained in the course of development work on Bristol Tandem Helicopters Some of this information is directly applicable to other types of helicopter

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Research Article
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The Journal of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , October 1959 , pp. 225 - 251
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1959

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