Rotor control for a convertible aircraft
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsErez Eller, Timothy F. Lauder, Richard Thomas Hood, Frederick John Miner, Brian Anderson
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AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsErez Eller, Timothy F. Lauder, Richard Thomas Hood, Frederick John Miner, Brian Anderson
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An aircraft includes a body having a fuselage and a wing assembly, a main shaft supported for rotation with respect to the body about a rotor axis, and a blade assembly coupled to the main shaft for corotation therewith. The blade assembly includes a rotor hub and a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced about the rotor hub. Each blade is coupled to the rotor hub for rotation about a respective blade axis. The aircraft includes a pitch control system coupled to the blade assembly to rotate each blade about the respective blade axis. The pitch control system includes a slider, a swashplate, a first actuator coupled to the slider, and a second actuator operable to rotate the swashplate assembly with respect to the slider.
An aircraft comprising:
A pitch control system configured to change a pitch of a blade assembly mounted on a main shaft for rotation about a rotor axis, the pitch control system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.