Comments from Dr.

Rahn
FR in Equation 2.137 appears to be an internal force. This should be clarified.
I clarified this in the text right below Eq. 2.137 (page 45).

Include all the DOFs in the final FEM model after coupling the rotor and wing systems.
I included all the DOFs in Eq. 2.138 (page 45).

Use finer scales on damping plots in Figs. 2.5, 2.6, 2.7

Done. (pages 49, 50).

Color scale on figures of Tsai-wu (Figs. 4.9, 4.10, 4.11 ) are not right.
Fixed them. (pages 89,90,91).

Comments from Dr. Maughmer

Use Structrual taper instead of taper in figures.
Done. (pages 62, 63, 64)

Use the optimized designs in Chapter 6 to show the improvements in range.

I discussed the range and RSTE improvements of the optimized designs in pages 129 and 130.

Comments from Dr. Palacios

How sensitive is the buckling load to boundary conditions?
I discussed this in pages 92 and 93.