AERO 455: Helicopter Aerodynamics

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Hovering theory, hovering and vertical flight performance, factors affecting hovering and vertical flight performance, auto-rotation in vertical descent, concepts of blade motion and control, aerodynamics of forward flight, forward flight performance, operational envelope and introduction to conceptual design of helicopters.Prerequisites:Grade of C or better inAERO 222,AERO 301, andAERO 310.