Comparative Study of Soviet Versus Western Helicopters. Part 2:Evaluation of Weight,Maintainability and Design Aspects of Major Components.

摘要

A detailed comparative insight into design and operational philosophies of Soviet vs. Western helicopters is provided. This is accomplished by examining conceptual approaches, productibility and maintainability, and weight trends/prediction methodology. Extensive use of Soviet methodology (Tishchenko) to various weight classes of helicopters is compared to the results of using Western based methodology.