Rotor and an aircraft provided with such a rotor
AssigneeAirbus Helicopters
InventorsOlivier HONNORAT, Jean-Pierre JALAGUIER
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Abstract
A rotor comprising a hub and a plurality of lift assemblies. Each lift assembly is connected to two adjacent lift assemblies respectively by a first damper and a second damper. The first damper is hinged to a lift assembly about a first axis, and the second damper is hinged to said lift assembly about a second axis. A first plane contains a lead-lag axis of the lift assembly and orthogonally to the pitch axis of the lift assembly. The first axis is situated in a volume lying between the first plane and an axis of rotation of the rotor, the second axis being positioned outside said volume.
Claims14
A rotor designed to contribute at least in part to the lift and/or to the propulsion of an aircraft, the rotor comprising a hub and at least three lift assemblies that are movable together in rotation about an axis of rotation of the rotor, each lift assembly comprising a root and a lift member that extends in the span direction from the root towards an end, the root being attached to the hub by a mobility and retention member and being secured to the lift member, each mobility and retention member conferring on the associated lift assembly a degree of freedom to move relative to the hub about at least a lead-lag axis and a pitch axis, each lift assembly being positioned circumferentially between two adjacent lift assemblies, each lift assembly being connected to the two adjacent lift assemblies respectively by a first damper and by a second damper, and for each lift assembly:
- a first plane contains the lead-lag axis and is orthogonal to the pitch axis of the lift assembly;
- the first damper is hinged to the lift assembly at least about a first axis parallel to the lead-lag axis of the lift assembly;
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- the second damper is hinged to the lift assembly at least about a second axis parallel to the lead-lag axis of the lift assembly;
- wherein for each lift assembly, the first axis is situated in a volume lying between the first plane of the lift assembly and the axis of rotation, the second axis being positioned outside the volume.
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