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Doesn't the pitch of a helicopter blade change as it goes around the rotation? With a traditional rotor, the torque is always angular, but with these, the torqu
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y ago
Doesn't the pitch of a helicopter blade change as it goes around the rotation? With a traditional rotor, the torque is always angular, but with these, the torque will be angular plus a cyclical vertical component, since the rocket pitch is the blade pitch. I'm wondering what the the structural and vibrational implications are of a rocket launching the blade tip up and down at 500 RPM.
- liability 6y agoFrom what I can tell from the images and videos, this helicopter does seem to have a typical swashplate system for controlling blade pitch.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoThere is no cyclic. The entire mast is gimbaled.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoWow, cool. I wonder if that's a big factor in why the test pilot said it was so vibration free.