Title:
MAIN ROTOR BLADE AND HELICOPTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/198477
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To provide main rotor blades for a helicopter such as a single main rotor helicopter which are capable of reducing the drag coefficient during high-speed forward flights and are easy to control, and a helicopter having such main rotor blades. [Solution] This main rotor blade 1 is for a high-speed helicopter and comprises a blade root part 10 with a length that is at least 30% of the rotor radius R, and a blade main body 20 that is continuous with the blade root part 10. Preferably, the cross-sectional shape of the blade root part 10 is (x/a)m + (y/b)m = 1 and a>b, where m is any number, x is the lengthwise direction of the chord, and y is the direction of the thickness of the blade.
Inventors:
SUGIURA MASAHIKO (JP)
TANABE YASUTADA (JP)
KOBIKI NOBORU (JP)
AOYAMA TAKASHI (JP)
TANABE YASUTADA (JP)
KOBIKI NOBORU (JP)
AOYAMA TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/004264
Publication Date:
November 01, 2018
Filing Date:
February 07, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION (JP)
International Classes:
B64C27/467; B64C27/473
Foreign References:
JP2000501676A | 2000-02-15 | |||
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JPH07507256A | 1995-08-10 | |||
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Other References:
See also references of EP 3617065A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OMORI, Junichi (JP)
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