Helicopter with Torque-Correcting Thruster Device

Abstract

This patent application discloses a helicopter having a torque-correcting thruster device. The helicopter has an aerodynamic body which has opposite side portions, a top portion and a bottom portion. The aerodynamic body has a cockpit and a pilot seat in the cockpit. The helicopter includes landing gear attached to the bottom portion of the aerodynamic body. The helicopter includes a rotor that is supported by the aerodynamic body and a rotor blade attached to the rotor, and a thruster device operative on one of the side portions of the aerodynamic body to produce an aft-directed thrust that counteracts the torque produced by rotation of the rotor blade so as to control the yaw of the helicopter. The aft- directed thrust simultaneously supplements the forward thrust of the helicopter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 09, 2005
Accession Number
ADD020189

Entities

People

  • James R. Quartarone

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Engines
  • Fuselages
  • Helicopters
  • Inventions
  • Jet Engines
  • Landing Gear
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Launchers
  • Rotation
  • Seats
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers