Helicopter Performance Computer Programs for HP-41 Hand-Held Computer,

Abstract

This document has reference tables and programs used to evaluate helicopter performance in the areas of: Autorotation; However, Service and Combat Ceilings; Basic Power Required Parameters; Fuel Consumption; High Speed Effects; Basic Power Considerations; Maximum Endurance Power/Velocity; Maximum Rage Power/Velocity; and Weight Estimation Relationships. These programs present the user of the HP-41 hand-held, programmable calculator with a series of self-prompting, alphanumeric programs that can be used with acceptable results to compute and evaluate helicopter performance. Most of the programs are structured so as to be more expedient when doing preliminary helicopter design where intermediate values are of less a concern than would be the case when studying detailed performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162794

Entities

People

  • Donald M. Layton

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Blade Tips
  • Body Weight
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flow Rate
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Ground Effect
  • Helicopters
  • Instructions
  • Landing Gear
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Sea Level
  • Tail Rotors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.