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The research is conducted of aerodynamic performance of the Mi-8 helicopter main rotor in the hover state and the vertical descent state, including vortex ring states (VRSs). Total and distributed aerodynamic performance, wake patterns, and main rotor flow patterns are calculated. The findings and results were compared with those provided by other researchers.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.M. Ignatkin, P.V. Makeev, V.I. Shaidakov, A.I. Shomov, 2018, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Aviatsionnaya Tekhnika, 2018, No. 3, pp. 73–80.
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Ignatkin, Y.M., Makeev, P.V., Shaidakov, V.I. et al. Computational Research of the Main Rotor Hover and Vertical Descent States Based on the Nonlinear Blade Vortex Model. Russ. Aeronaut. 61, 396–403 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068799818030121
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