main lift rotor
1main rotor — n. (Aviation) The assembly of large rotating airfoils (blades) on a helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air. [WordNet 1.5] …
2rotor blade — noun the long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air • Syn: ↑rotary wing • Hypernyms: ↑airfoil, ↑aerofoil, ↑control surface, ↑surface • Part Holonyms: ↑ma …
3main rotor — noun rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air • Hypernyms: ↑rotor • Part Meronyms: ↑rotor blade, ↑rotary wing, ↑rotor head, ↑rotor shaft …
4main rotor — The rotor that supplies the principal lift to rotorcraft …
5Helicopter rotor — This article is about helicopter main rotor systems. For antitorque control, see tail rotor. Helicopter rotor The rotor head of a Sikorsky S 92 A helicopter main rotor or rotor system is a type of fan that is used to generate both the aerodynamic …
6Translational lift — is the extra lift created/received when a helicopter s forward speed increases from the hover. It should be noted that if there is a steady wind (above 10 knots) a helicopter in the hover may already be in translational lift.It is created when… …
7Powered lift — A powered lift (also written powered lift) is a type of aircraft that can take off and land vertically but functions differently than a helicopter in horizontal flight.DefinitionIn the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has… …
8Orographic lift — A gravity wave cloud pattern analogous to a ship wake in the downwind zone behind the Île Amsterdam, in the far southern Indian Ocean. The island generates wave motion in the wind passing over it, creating regularly spaced orographic clouds. The… …
9Helicopter — For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). Helicopter An LAPD Bell 206 …
10jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …
