Question: A helicopter rotor can be modeled as three rectangular blades stretching outward at equal angles around the central rotor shaft. Each blade has a length

A helicopter rotor can be modeled as three rectangular blades stretching outward at equal angles around the central rotor shaft. Each blade has a length R=5m,width W =0.2m,and mass m =50kg.The rotor shaft itself has a mass of 100kg and a radius of gyration k =0.2m.When the gearbox is disengaged, the friction on the rotor shaft is negligible.
Assume a constant local drag coefficient at any point on the blade of C_D =0.2(based on the surface area, not the frontal area).If the gearbox is disengaged when w_0=60 rpm,obtain a solution for the rotational speed w(t) and plot the rotational speed as a function of time for 0
solve this equation by hand to get an analytical solution as a differential equation

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