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IIIIII 11111Ll111111111llll111 Lllll111111ll1111111111 Ll1111111 IIIIII 11111ll111111111llll111111lllll11111111ll1111111111 ll1111111 Ill11 1111 USOO538 1985A United States Patent C191 [ii] Patent Number: 5,381,985 Wechsler et al. [45] Date of Patent: Jan. 17, 1995 WINGTIP MOUNTED, COUNTER-ROTATING PROPROTOR FOR FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS TILTWING AIR- 1005201 11/1957 France ................................. 24/7.3 Inventors: James K. Wechsler, Irvine, Calif.; OTHER PUBLICATIONS John W. Rutherford, Scottsdale, Aviation Week, “Hiller Awarded VTOL Contract” A*. Feb. 18, 1957 p. 37. Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co., Primary Examiner-Michael S. Huppert Mesa, Ariz. Assistant Examiner-Virna Lissi Ansley Appl. No.: 872,336 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Donald E. Stout; John P. Scholl Filed Apr. 23,1992 [571 ABSTRACT Int. 11/48; B64C 27/08; c1.6 ...................... B64C A tiltwing aircraft, capable of in-fighe conversion be- B64C 27/22; B64C 27/52 tween a hover and forward cruise mode, employs a 244/7 244A2.4; U.S. c1. ................................... C; counter-rotating proprotor arrangement which permits 24/56 24/66 24/69 a significantly increased cruise efficiency without sacri- Field of Search 244/6, 7 C, 7 R, 12.4, .................. ficing either the size of the conversion envelope or the 244A7.23, 56, 66, 69 wing efficiency. A benefit in hover is also provided References Cited because of the lower effective disk loading for the coun- ter-rotating proprotor, as opposed to a single rotation U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS proprotor of the same diameter. At least one proprotor 1,806,648 5/1931 Salisbury et al. ................... 24/7 R is provided on each wing section, preferablimounted 2,434,216 1/1948 Laskowitz ............................. 244/66 on the wingtip, with each proprotor having two cow- 2,494,368 1/1950 Steele et al. ........................... 24/69 ter-rotating blade rows. Each blade row has a plurality 2,994,492 SA961 Dobson et al. ....................... 24/66 of blades which are relatively stiff-in-plane and are 3,035,789 5/1962 Young ................................. 24/7 C 3,248,073 4/1966 Blythe ..................................... 24/6 mounted such that cyclic pitch adjustmentsmay be 4,589,611 5/1986 Ramme et al. ....................... :.. 244/6 made for hover during flight- 5,054,716 10/1991 Wilson ................................ 24/7 R 5,054,998 10/1991 Davenport ............................ 24/69 8 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets U.S. Patent Jan. 17, 1995 Sheet 1 of 2 5,381,985 /4 9.2 U.S. Patent Jan. 17, 1995 Sheet 2 of 2 5,381,985 5,381,985 1 2 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION WINGTIP MOUNTED, COUNTER-ROTATING PROPROTOR FOR TILTWING AIRCRAFI This invention solves the problem outlined above by providing a new proprotor arrangement which permits The invention described herein was made in the per- 5 a significantly increased cruise efficiency without sacri- formance of work under NASA Contract No. NAS2- ficing either the size of the conversion envelope or the 13070 and is subject to the provisions of Section 305 of Wing efficiency. There is also a benefit in hover. The the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 effective disk loading for the counter-rotating propro- U.S.C. 2457). tor is lower, thus reducing the induced power over a 10 single proprotor of the same diameter, producing the BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION same thrust. As a result, with this innovation, the cruise This invention relates to aircraft, and performance of a tiltwing aircraft is greatly improved larly to a new concept of a counter-rotating proprotor over comparable single-rotation proprotors and the hover performance is significantly improved over typi- designed for wingtip mounting on tiltwing aircraft. 15 cal propeller driven tiltwings. This greater performance Tiltwing aircraft are designed to tilt their wing from is sufficient to the tiltwing design competitive for a horizontal position in cruise to a vertical position in certain missions because of its greater versatility. hover. They operate like a helicopter with the wing in The invention comprises an aircraft capable of in- the vertical position*For high speed the flight conversion between a hover and a forward cruise wing tilts to the position and Operates in a 20 mode which comprises a fuselage having a starboard manner similar to that Of a standard *lane' side and a port side. A wing section extends from each To successfully convert the aircraft from hover to of the starboard and port sides, each wing section being cruise (conversion) or from cruise to hover (reconver- fmed in both the hover mode and the forward cruise siOn)the wing must Operate Over a wide range Of mode. At least one proprotor is mounted on each of the of attack without stalling. The propulsors (Usually Pro- 25 starboard and port wing sections. Each proprotor has pellers or a hybrid propeller/rotor combination called a two blade rows positioned one behind the other along a Proprotor, which Provides the attributes of a Propeller common rotational axis, with each blade row having a when in the level flight (cruise) position and the attri- plurality of blades which are relatively stiff-in-plane (as butes of a helicopter rotor when in the vertical (hover) compared to soft-in-plane helicopter rotors) and are position) have a strong impact on the Wing's angle of 30 mounted such that cyclic pitch adjustments may be attack range since they (1) increase the velocity over made for hover control during flight. The two blade the wing (this is beneficial), (2) deflect the flow over the rows are counter-rotating. wing (this too is beneficial), and (3) in single rotation Preferably, the aircraft is of the tiltwing type, with propulsors impart a swirl component to the flow over the wing sections tilting, in a conversion mode, from a the wing. This third feature may be either beneficial or 35 vertical position in the hover mode to a horizontal posi- detrimental, depending upon the direction of the swirl tion in the forward cruise mode, and conversely tilting, component. In order to reduce the power requirements in a reconversion mode, from a horizontal position in of tiltwing aircraft, thereby making them more efficient the forward cruise mode to a vertical position in the and more attractive with respect to conventional single- hover mode. Each proprotor consists of two, Preferably mission type aircraft, it is desirable to move the propro- 40 &baed rotor hubs, with one blade row being tors outboard to the wingtip, so that larger diameter mounted on each hub- These hubs are configured to (lower disk loading) proprotors may be used. This has a allow full cyclic pitch adjustment of each blade. negative impact on the aircraft's conversion envelope The above mentioned and other objects and features (the combination of altitude, descent rate, and power of this invention and the manner Of attaining them setting) however, because reducing the disk loading 45 become apparent, and the invention itself will be best alsoreduces the velocity increase Over the wing and the understood, by reference to the fo1lo-g description deflection angle of the proprotor slipstream. taken in conjunction with the accompanying illustrative For low disk loading, single-rotation, wingtip- drawings* mounted proprotors, the swirl imparted to the flow has BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS a significant impact on a tiltwing aircraft's conversion .'U FIG. 1 is an isometric perspective view of a tiltwing envelope and cruise performance. If the proprotor is aircraft incorporating the counter-rotating proprotors turned in a direction opposite to the wingtip vortex, a of the invention; wing efficiency benefit is realiied. However, during FIG. 2 is an enlarged isometric view of one of the conversion, turning the proprotor in this direction 55 counter-rotating proprotors shown in FIG. 1; causes a swirl component that increases the wing's FIG. 3 is a graph depicting the incremental change in angle of attack, causbg the wing to stall at a lower lift across the wingspan in cruise, comparing a wing incidence angle. This reduces the conversion envelope. having a single rotation proprotor to an identical wing Contrarily, if the proprotor is turned in the same direc- having a counter-rotating proprotor; tion as the wingtip vortex, the conversion envelope is 60 FIG. 4 is a side view of the counter-rotating propro- increased but the wing efficiency is decreased. Thus, tor shown in FIG. 2; and the designer is faced with a paradox of either decreasing FIG. 5 is a top view of the counter-rotating proprotor the conversion envelope or decreasing the wing effi- shown in FIG. 2. ciency. What is needed, therefore, is a new approach which 65 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE does not force a tradeoff between the size of the conver- DRAWINGS sion envelope and the Wing efficiency, while permitting Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown a VSTOL an increased cruise (or propulsor) efficiency. (Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing) tiltwing aircraft 5,381,985 3 4 10 which includes a plurality of counter-rotating pro- by turning a single-rotation proprotor in a direction protors 12, a fuselage 14 which has a starboard side 16 opposite to the wingtip vortex. In both cases the effi- and a port side 18, and wing sections 20 and 22, extend- ciency increase is due to the swirl energy, being re- ing from each of the fuselage starboard and port sides moved, either by the rear blade row or by the wing. 16, 18, respectively. In the preferred embodiment, one 5 Second, the counter-rotating proprotor imparts hardly counter-rotating proprotor 12 is mounted on the tip 24, any swirl to the flow. Therefore, the conversion enve- 26 of each wing section 20,22. Mounting the proprotor lope and the wing cruise efficiency of the vehicle are 12 on the tip of the wing section, or as closely thereto as neither increased nor decreased.
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