MULTICOPTER aircraft are under rapid development to meet demand in a relatively new
subset of rotorcraft configurations surrounding urban air mobility (UAM) operations. This …

Research in pursuit of rotorcraft flight on Mars has been ongoing since the late 1990s at
NASA Ames Research Center. Since then, many other organizations have also begun …

This work details the development and validation of a methodology for high-resolution rotor
models used in hybrid Blade Element Momentum Theory Unsteady Reynolds Averaged …

The Dragonfly lander will enter the Titan atmosphere following an approximate 7–10-year
journey through space inside its aeroshell. After atmospheric entry, deployment of the main …

Airfoils at a low Reynolds Number () have a sensitivity to operating conditions such as
freestream turbulence intensity (FST), rotor vibrations, rotor blade aeroelastic effects, and …

The recent increased interest in advanced air mobility (AAM), specifically within urban air
mobility (UAM) and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) applications, has created a …

A fixed-pitch speed-controlled coaxial rotor system was tested in the NASA Langley
Transonic Dynamics Tunnel in September 2022. The rotors have a diameter of 1.35 meters …

With the recent interest in Martian exploration using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), an
experimental study was conducted to investigate rotor performance at Martian atmospheric …

Much effort has been made to enhance exploration on Mars. In addition to a rover and Mars-
orbiting satellites, a Mars Helicopter Technology Demonstrator was proposed by the NASA …

With the recent interest in Martian exploration using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), an
experimental study was conducted to investigate rotor performance at Martian atmospheric …