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Dissymmetry of lift in an American-style helicopter. Consider a single-rotor helicopter in still air. For a stationary (hovering) helicopter, whose blades of length of r metres are rotating at ω radians per second, the blade tip is moving at a speed rω meters per second. As the blades rotate, the speed of the blade-tips relative to the air ...
An example of the effect of rotor blade number is the UH-72 (EC145 variant); the A model had four blades, but the UH-72B was changed to five blades which reduced vibration. [24] Other blade numbers are possible, for example, the CH-53K, a large military transport helicopter has a seven blade main rotor. [25]
Balancing lift across the rotor disc is important to a helicopter's stability. The amount of lift generated by an airfoil is proportional to the square of its airspeed (velocity). In a zero airspeed hover the rotor blades, regardless of their position in rotation, have equal airspeeds and therefore equal lift.
Collective angle of attack for the rotor main blades via the swashplate: Increase/decrease pitch angle of all main rotor blades equally, causing the aircraft to ascend/descend Increase/decrease torque. In some helicopters the throttle control(s) is a part of the collective stick. Rotor speed is kept basically constant throughout the flight.
A rotor blade produces more lift in the advancing half. As a blade moves toward the direction of flight, the forward motion of the aircraft increases the speed of the air flowing around the blade until it reaches a maximum when the blade is perpendicular to the relative wind. At the same time, a rotor blade in the retreating half produces less ...
In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades. Because the main rotor blades are spinning, the swashplate is used to transmit three of the pilot's commands from the non-rotating fuselage to the rotating rotor hub and mainblades.