Structurally biased proprotor blade assembly
AssigneeBell Helicopter Textron Inc.
InventorsChristopher Foskey, Michael Burnett, Jeffrey Bosworth, Jared Mark Paulson, Joel McIntyre, Paul K. Oldroyd
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AssigneeBell Helicopter Textron Inc.
InventorsChristopher Foskey, Michael Burnett, Jeffrey Bosworth, Jared Mark Paulson, Joel McIntyre, Paul K. Oldroyd
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A tiltrotor aircraft includes a fuselage, a wing member extending from the fuselage, an engine disposed relative to the wing member and a proprotor mechanically coupled to the engine. The proprotor includes a plurality of proprotor blade assemblies each including a spar and a sheath extending spanwise along the spar forming the leading edge of the proprotor blade assembly. The spar has a root section, a main section and a tip section. The spar has a generally oval cross section at radial stations along the main section and a first edge having a structural bias relative to a generally oppositely disposed second edge at the radial stations along the main section.
A proprotor blade assembly comprising:
A rotorcraft, comprising:
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