Review on aerodynamic characteristics of helicopter tail rotor propeller using quasi-continuous vortex lattice method

• Main Authors: Firdaus, Firdaus, Koto, Jaswar, Ammoo, Mohd. Shariff, Ishak, Iskandar Shah, Nofrizal, Nofrizal
• Format: Article
• Published: International Society of Ocean, Mechanical and Aerospace Scientists and Engineers 2014
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59919/; http://isomase.org/JOMAse/Vol.7%20May%202014/7-2.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper reviews on application of quasi continuous vortex lattice method for determining the performance of helicopter tail rotor propeller. Tail rotor blade for Bell B206 of one seat helicopter is used. The method is developed to be suitable for analyzing the performance of propeller in term of...