-
perform aerobatic maneuvers such as
inverted loops. The Bo 105
features a
hingeless rotor system, a
pioneering innovation in
helicopters when it was introduced...
-
headed by
German engineer Ludwig Bölkow, made use of a
revolutionary hingeless main
rotor composed of fibregl****. On 13
October 1970, the
German Civil...
- are
attached and move
relative to the hub.
There are
three basic types:
hingeless,
fully articulated, and teetering;
although some
modern rotor systems...
- two-blade semi-rigid,
teetering rotor system was
replaced with a four-blade,
hingeless,
bearingless rotor system. The four-blade
configuration provides improvements...
-
first full-authority
digital engine controls (FADEC) on a helicopter, a
hingeless main rotor, and the
adoption of a new transmission. The
first prototype...
-
testbed Doman LZ-1A One R-6A
modified as a
testbed with a Doman-designed
hingeless rotor blades and self-lubricating
rotor hub. United
Kingdom Royal Air...
- the most
significant of
these being the new four-blade, bearingless,
hingeless,
composite main rotor.
Although both the 230 and 430 are
powered by Rolls-Royce...
-
maintenance time and cost are reduced. The term
rigid rotor usually refers to a
hingeless rotor system with
blades flexibly attached to the hub. Irv
Culver of Lockheed...
-
weight is 21 kg (46 lb). The mata mata's
plastron is reduced, narrowed,
hingeless,
shortened towards the front, and
deeply notched at the rear with narrow...
- anti-vibration
actuators to
cancel out shaking. The main
rotors have
hingeless hubs and
stiff blades, to
improve low-speed
handling and
efficiency of...
