Active trim tab for rotor track and balance

American Helicopter Society International - AHS Specialists' Conference on Aeromechanics 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 653-666

  Lengyel, Attila ^a   Van Schoor, Marthinus ^a   Centolanza, Louis ^b   Wilson, Mark ^c  

^a Mide Technology Corporation   (United States)

^b US Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate   (United States)

^c SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE ADJUSTMENTS; BLADE PITCH; CENTRIFUGAL LOADS; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS; HELICOPTER BLADES; LENGTH ADJUSTMENT; MANUFACTURING VARIATION; PITCH MOMENT; ROTOR WEIGHT; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT; TEST RESULTS; TEST STANDS; TIGHT TOLERANCES; TRAILING EDGES;

CENTRIFUGATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 73349143994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

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