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I don't think enough is made of the unusual and potentially startling severity of the maneuvers required to make a turn back successful...

I think that is key. The wing won't stall unless the critical AoA is exceeded, and "unloading" helps prevent that (as a bonus, the roll...

A lightly loaded 172 needs 400' to get the job done most of the time. A fully loaded 182 can barely get the job done at 600 feet from...

As I don't remeber if I added the document: 'Characteristics of Clark Y airfoils of small aspect ratios', NACA report 431. C H...

Seems reasonable. It's a large problem.

The heli is partially a consumer tech demonstration project. The mission needs for the electronics are low compared to the data...

An important and common means of reducing resonance gain and increasing resonance frequencies is to employ a redrive to match inertia...

The patents and literature specifically cite resonance damping. I don't know how they dissipate the heat. But the poiseuille shearing...

How many rpm does it drop? For a fixed pitch prop power is proportional to the cube of the rpm, so take the cube of the percentage, for...

https://www.vibratechtvd.com/torsional-dampers

May I suggest that you study helicopter tail rotor drive shafts? ... especially on lighter, piston-powered helicopters like Bell 47...

Molt Taylor used the Dodge Flexidyne coupler in all of his pushers to prevent destructive torsional vibration. Several articles by Molt...

Funny you should mention this. The Mars rover Perseverance uses a PowerPC 750, a single core platform that has been around since 1998...

Keep in mind that the thing you have in your back pocket that cell phone companies are practically giving away.... Is far more powerful...

This is a crucial distinction. But throwing money at the problem doesn't solve anything. Sound execution and components does. The...