Investigation of Aerodynamic Interactions Between a Rotor and a T-Tail Empennage

Erwin Moedersheim and Dr. J. Gordon Leishman

This is the HTML version of a paper presented at:
The American Helicopter Society International Specialists' Meeting, Stratford, Connecticut, October 11-13, 1995.

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