Fairey Rotodyne
| Rotodyne | |
|---|---|
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| The Fairey Rotodyne prototype circa 1959.[1] | |
| Vloga | Žirodin |
| Izvor | Združeno kraljestvo |
| Proizvajalec/-ci | Fairey Aviation |
| Krstni polet | 6. november 1957 |
| Status | Preklican 1962 |
| Število izdelanih | 1 |
| Razvit iz | Fairey Jet Gyrodyne |
Fairey Rotodyne je bil britanski žirodin helikopter, ki ga je načrtovalo in zgradilo podjetje Fairey Aviation. Namenjen je bil civilni in vojaški uporabi.[2]Helikopter je imel dva Napier Eland turbopropelerska motorja. Motorja sta tudi proizvajala stisnjeni zrak za reaktivne motorje namščene na rotorju - tip jet. Glavni rotor je bil gnan s tip-jeti za vzlete, pristanke in lebdenje, med križarjenjem pa se je vsa moč uporabljala za propelerje in rotor je deloval v načinu avtorotacije, tip jeti so se izklopili. Koncept je bil obetaven, vendar so ga pozneje preklicali zaradi pomanjkanja naročil in velikega hrupa tip jet motorjev.
Tehnične specifikacije(Rotodyne "Y")
[uredi | uredi kodo]- Posadka: 2
- Kapaciteta: 40 potnikov
- Dolžina: 58 ft 8 in (17,88 m)
- Razpon kril: 46 ft 6 in (14,17 m)
- Višina: 22 ft 2 in (6,76 m)
- Površina kril: 475 sq ft (44,1 m2)
- Gros teža: 33 000 lb (14 969 kg)
- Motorji: 2 × Napier Eland N.El.7 turboprop, 2 800 KM (2 100 kW) vsak
- Motorji na rotorju: 4 × rotor tip jet 1 000 lbf (4,4 kN) potisk vsak
- Premer rotorja: 90 ft 0 in (27,43 m)
- Površina rotorja: 6 362 sq ft (591,0 m2)
- Maks. hitrost: 190,9 mph (307 km/h; 166 kn)
- Potovalna hitrost: 185 mph (161 kn; 298 km/h)
- Dolet: 450 mi (391 nmi; 724 km)
Glej tudi
[uredi | uredi kodo]- Fairey FB-1 Gyrodyne
- Fairey Jet Gyrodyne
- Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter
- McDonnell XV-1
- Mil Mi-12
- Kamov Ka-22
- Hiller Hornet
- Eurocopter X3
Sklici in reference
[uredi | uredi kodo]- ↑ Photo: J Thinesen, SFF Arhivirano 2009-08-28 na Wayback Machine. photo archive
- ↑ "Rotodyne, Fairey's Big Convertiplane Nears Completion: A Detailed Description." Flight, 9 August 1957, pp. 191–197.
Bibliografija
[uredi | uredi kodo]- Charnov, Dr. Bruce H. "The Fairey Rotodyne: An Idea Whose Time Has Come – Again?" Arhivirano 2006-06-19 na Wayback Machine. gyropilot.co.uk. Retrieved: 18 May 2007.
- Charnov, Dr. Bruce H. From Autogiro to Gyroplane: The Amazing Survival of an Aviation Technology. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2003. ISBN 978-1-56720-503-9.
- Gibbings, David. Fairey Rotodyne. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7524-4916-6.
- Gibbings, David. "The Fairey Rotodyne-Technology Before its Time?: The 2003 Cierva Lecture." The Aeronautical Journal (The Royal Aeronautical Society), Vol. 108, No 1089, November 2004. (Presented by David Gibbings and subsequently published in The Aeronautical Journal.)
- Green, William and Gerald Pollinger. The Observer's Book of Aircraft, 1958 edition. London: Fredrick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1958.
- Hislop, Dr. G.S. "The Fairey Rotodyne." A Paper presented to The Helicopter Society of Great Britain and the RAeS, November 1958.
- "Requiem for the Rotodyne." Flight International, 9 August 1962, pp. 200–202.
- "Rotodyne, Fairey's Big Convertiplane Nears Completion: A Detailed Description." Flight, 9 August 1957, pp. 191–197.
- Taylor, H.A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. London: Putnam, 1974. ISBN 978-0-370-00065-7.
- Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.
- Taylor, John W.R. (1976). Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-0-356-08409-1.
- Winchester, Jim (2005). "Fairey Rotodyne." Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes and Experimental Aircraft. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc. ISBN 978-1-84013-809-2.
Zunanje povezave
[uredi | uredi kodo]
Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Fairey Rotodyne.
- Fairey's promotional video for the Rotodyne on YouTube
- Rotodyne pictures and links Arhivirano 2010-12-21 na Wayback Machine.
- "Rotodyne Report" a 1957 Flight article
