Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics is widely appreciated as aneasily accessible, rounded introduction to the first principles ofthe aerodynamics of helicopter flight. Simon Newman has brought this third edition completely up to date with a full new set ofillustrations and imagery. An accompanying website

New material is included on blade tip design, flow characteristics surroundingthe rotor in forward flight, tail rotors, brown-out, blade sailingand ship borne operations.

Concentrating on the well-known Sikorsky configuration of single main rotor with tail rotor, early chapters deal with theaerodynamics of the rotor in hover, vertical flight, forward flight and climb. Analysis of these motions is developed to the stage of obtaining the principal results for thrust, power and associatedquantities. Later chapters turn to the characteristics of theoverall helicopter, its performance, stability and control, and theim portant field of aerodynamic research is discussed, with somereference also to aerodynamic design practice.

This introductory level treatment to the aerodynamics of helicopter flight will appeal to aircraft design engineers and undergraduate and graduate students in aircraft design, as well aspractising engineers looking for an introduction to or refresher course on the subject.

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