Introduction to Helicopter and Tiltrotor Simulation.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Flight Simulation of Helicopters and Tiltrotors -- Chapter 2. Vectors and Vector Resolution -- Chapter 3. Axis Systems -- Chapter 4. Kinematics and Flight Dynamics -- Chapter 5. Atmosphere -- Chapter 6. How High, How Fast, How Far -- Chapter 7. Aerodynamic Velocity, Inertial Velocity,Wash Velocity, and Gusts -- Chapter 8. Aerodynamics of Arbitrary Shapes -- Chapter 9. Aerodynamics of Airfoils, Wings, and Fins -- Chapter 10. Aerodynamics of Propellers -- Chapter 11. Aerodynamic and Dynamic Modeling of Rotors -- Chapter 12. Aerodynamic Interference -- Chapter 13. Engines -- Chapter 14. Drive Trains -- Chapter 15. Controls -- Chapter 16. Landing Gear -- Chapter 17. Trimming -- Chapter 18. Assembly -- Appendix A. Units -- Appendix B. Integration Techniques -- Appendix C. Linear Algebra -- Appendix D. Useful Mathematical Tools -- Appendix E. Nondimensional Coefficients -- Appendix F. Solution of the Biot-Savart Law for a Straight-Line Segment -- Appendix G. Momentum Principles -- Appendix H. Propeller1 Program User's Guide -- Appendix I. Pearls of Wisdom -- Appendix J. Details of Simple Rotor Model -- Appendix K. Improvement of the Quasi-Static Rotor Model -- Appendix L. Rotor Tutor Program User's Guide -- Index.

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