25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.3.3

THE INVESTIGATION OF CYCLOGYRO DESIGN AND THE PERFORMANCE

Y. Hu, K. B. Lim, W. B. Tay
National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Keywords: Cyclogyro, Cycloidal Propeller, Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method

The investigation over several possible coclogyo designs was performed in the paper. The concept of cyclogyro has existed almost 100 years, but still more research are needed. The comparison between different designs shows that the tapered blades with larger aspect ratio can improve propellers performance.

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