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In article , Stormin' Norman says...
On 8 Sep 2018 06:52:06 -0700, Miloch wrote: Your post prompted me to wonder about how they controlled this impressive machine. I found another site with quite a bit of detailed information. Below is an excerpt and a link to the site. "...Control of the Fa 223 was in the following manner. The control column was used to give longitudinal control by equal cyclic-pitch change of the rotor blades, and lateral control by differential collective-pitch change of the rotor blades. The rudder pedals were used to give yaw control by differential cyclic-pitch change of the rotor blades, the control effect being increased by use of the rudder during forward flight. A trimmer wheel was provided for tailplane adjustment, and all control links were by cables. Two machines (numbered 13 and 16) were experimentally fitted with a separate collective-pitch lever next to the throttle, and a throttle governor to maintain a constant engine speed, but this arrangement was under development only. On all other machines, the pilot had a lever with only two positions for collective pitch, one for powered setting and one for autorotation. In addition, an automatic device adjusted the tailplane and altered the blade pitch from the powered setting to the autorotation setting for a glide landing in the event of a power failure, but the pitch could not be reset in the air. Thus, apart from pitch adjustments for attitude control, the rotors must be regarded as having had a fixed pitch, the lift being controlled by the engine throttle. This fact reduced the safety, handling, and performance characteristics and, in order to maintain a constant rotor speed during a climb, progressive engine throttling was necessary and this cancelled out the benefits of an engine supercharger. Considerable skill and experience was also necessary during hovering and low-speed flight because of the very sluggish lift control; more than one Fa 223 was lost when making downwind turns at low level. ...." http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_...cke_drache.php Interesting info...two rotors...left and right...are just 90° off from a Chinooks front and back rotors...on paper, it looks simple but the handling characteristics via collective and cyclic would be hugely different...I think. Looks like you got all the pics...all I got were three pics plus the vid and not the pic you referenced. * |
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