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Old 30th Dec 2004, 22:38
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Can anyone help with a nice picture or two? I would like to see a smoke test showing the air distribution around the blade tip. Fingers crossed! Bug
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Old 30th Dec 2004, 23:48
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How about this from Nick's site, admittedly it's in auto:
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J. Gordon Leishman is a leading authority on tip vortices. His textbook has a chapter entitled 'Rotor Wakes and Tip Vortices'.

Putting ["Leishman" AND "tip vortices"] into Google will find quite a bit of information and pictures.
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Thank you MGEM and DJ Found some usefull stuff. Wishing you a very happy and safe New Year Bug.
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