NOSE ATTITUDE CONTROL OF A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT

摘要

An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly. A translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe. The main rotor assembly and the translational thrust system are configured to provide hover nose down, hover nose up and hover level modes of flight.