Propulsor blade imaging assembly for an aircraft propulsion system

An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, the assembly comprising:

• a propulsor including a plurality of propulsor blades configured for rotation about a rotational axis of the aircraft propulsion system;
• an imaging device including a housing and a camera, the housing including a housing body and a cover, the housing body forming a cavity and an opening of the cavity, the cover pivotable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the cover positioned in the opening in the stowed position, the camera disposed in the cavity with the cover positioned in the stowed position, the camera configured to capture image data of each propulsor blade of the plurality of propulsor blades as the propulsor blades rotate about the rotational axis with the cover positioned in the deployed position;
• and
• a controller connected in signal communication with the imaging device, the controller including a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• control the imaging device to position the cover from the stowed position to the deployed position;
• and
• initiate the capture of the image data, with the cover in the deployed position, by controlling the camera to capture the image data;
• wherein the housing body extends about an axial centerline of the housing, the camera configured for axial translation between a first axial position and a second axial position relative to the axial centerline, the camera disposed in the cavity in the first axial position, the camera disposed outside the cavity in the second axial position.