Introduction

Helicopter Rotor Dynamics is a very interesting but complicated area of study. An online project has been developed by us to create a new way of learning. We created our project with a view to helping students understand rotor dynamics better. It is a visual aid to understand the working phenomenon of various complex mechanics and dynamics of helicopters.

Rotor Dynamics is not a simple concept. It is always counter-intuitive to the way helicopters behave.

We created all these in Scratch developed by MIT. All the individual projects have been uploaded to scratch.mit.edu and have been a very helpful tool to learn and create along the way.


Scratch not only enables the user to view the project but also to view the code and the way it actually works.

The process was not so easy. Visualizing what to create and how to create and then actually creating the entire project took days and months. Hopefully, the end result is fruitful and the students of the next generation will be able to implement their practical knowledge and establish it to the next.

The topics we will cover are as follows:

1. Helicopter Hinges

2. Coning Angle

3. Phase lag & Advance Angle

4. Recirculation

5. Ground Effect, IGE, OGE

6. Helicopter Hover Condition with Variable Wind

7. Helicopter Hover Condition with Variable Wind and Variable CG

8. Autorotation

9. Flapping to Equality


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Worth Watching

Helicopter Phase Lag

Helicopter Hinges

Coning Angle

Flapping to Equality

Recirculation

Ground Effect

Autorotation

Hover Condition Variable CG

Hover Condition