Separable blade attachment for a bearingless rotor of a helicopter
AssigneeEurocopter Deutschland GmbH
InventorsGerald Kuntze-Fechner, Markus Bauer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a separable blade attachment (1) for a bearingless main rotor of a helicopter with an airfoil blade (2), a flexbeam (3) and a control cuff (4) enclosing at least a predominant portion of said flexbeam (3). A separable junction arrangement between said flexbeam head (13), said control cuff (4, 22) and said root end of said airfoil blade (2) is mechanical with removable fasteners. A stiffened link (17) is provided between respective trailing edges (9) of the control cuff (4) and said airfoil blade (2).
Claims10
A separable blade attachment for a bearingless rotor, particularly a main rotor of a helicopter, comprising:
- an airfoil blade with a tip end and a root end forming opposite ends thereof;
- a flexbeam with an attachment end, said flexbeam being flexible;
- a torsion stiff and lead lag stiff control cuff enclosing an at least predominant portion of said flexbeam;
- a separable junction arrangement between said attachment end of the flexbeam, said control cuff and said root end of said airfoil blade, wherein said junction arrangement is mechanical between said attachment end of the flexbeam, said control cuff and said root end of said airfoil blade with removable fasteners respectively removably connecting said root end of said airfoil blade and said control cuff with said attachment end of the flexbeam, said removable fasteners comprising at least one bolt and wherein a stiffened link is provided between respective trailing edges of the control cuff and said airfoil blade, said stiffened link being mounted to the respective trailing edges of the control cuff and said airfoil blade by the removable fasteners and said stiffened link being push-pull stiff with regard to loads aligned with the trailing edge.
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