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...a parameter for ensuring [[Similarity (geometry)|geometric similarity]] in rotorcraft experiments. It provides a measure of how close a lifting rotor system is t ...arger solidity ratio since they cover a larger fraction of the rotor disk. Rotorcraft like helicopters typically use blades with very low solidity ratios compare ...

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...ximum forward speed of the aircraft. Two main issues restrict the speed of rotorcraft:<ref name=lomb1>Lombardi, Frank. "[http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/commerci ...rise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203184117/https://rotorcraft.arc.nasa.gov/tutorial/Nomenclature.htm#t |date=2016-12-03 }}" ''[[NASA]]''< ...

...dimensional dynamic stall various planform shapes|conference=30th European Rotorcraft Forum|url=https://dspace-erf.nlr.nl/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11881/278 ...entation of airfoil behavior|conference=Prediction of Aerodynamic Loads on Rotorcraft|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA124260.pdf#page=23|archive-url=https: ...

...irst7=B.|date=2001-01-08|title=Efficient Eulerian computation of realistic rotorcraft flows using Vorticity Confinement - A survey of recent results|journal=39th ...

...ind power companies.<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2011087541A2 Rotorcraft power-generation, control apparatus and method]</ref> ...

...onfiguration|shape of the wings]]. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from [[rotorcraft|rotary-wing aircraft]] (in which the wings form a [[Helicopter rotor|rotor] * '''[[Helicopter]]''' – is a type of [[rotorcraft]] in which [[Lift (force)|lift]] and [[thrust]] are supplied by horizontall ...