01-16-2022, 10:23 AM | #11 | |||
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: traveller
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Re: GURPS 3e: Making a duct-rotor helicopter
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Another effect of high-hot conditions is loss of tail-rotor effectiveness at a hover. The Cobra operator's manual says that they aren't subject to this problem, but I can assure you that they are. |
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01-16-2022, 11:01 AM | #12 | |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: GURPS 3e: Making a duct-rotor helicopter
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Which presumably would happen with a ducted fan as well, but you'd want to make sure that the ducting isn't interfering with the airstream, which I suspect it would do for designs that look like the SA-2. |
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2e vehicles, gurps 3e, vehicle design |
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