Experimental data are presented for the parasite drag of various helicopter fuselage components, such as skids, external fuel tanks, and tailplane. The experiments were conducted at the Kazan National Research Technical University (Kazan Aviation Institute) T-1K wind tunnel, investigating four versions of a fuselage similar to the Ansat helicopter. It was found that, for the range of pitch angles 10 α 10    deg , the skids added 80% to the drag of the bare fuselage, whereas the tailplane increased the drag by 20%. At the same conditions, external fuel tanks were found to add 48% to the clean fuselage drag. A simple rotor hub with a tail support added 74% to the bare fuselage in the range of pitch angles 8 α 6    deg . Streamlining the rear fuselage was found to reduce the drag by 16% over the range of pitch angles 10 α 10    deg . Apart from the parasite drag, ideas for drag reduction are also discussed.


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    Title :

    Experimental Study of Helicopter Fuselage Drag



    Published in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 53 , 5 ; 1343-1360


    Publication date :

    2016-09-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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