rotor blade
11blade loading — The ratio of the all up weight of a helicopter to the total area of a rotor, excluding the disc area. It is the amount of the total weight each square foot of a helicopter rotor blade supports. Since blade area does not change, blade loading must …
12rotor — ro|tor [ˈrəutə US ˈroutər] n technical ↑rotor blade [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: rotator something that rotates (17 21 centuries), from Latin, from rotare; ROTATE] 1.) a part of a machine that turns around on a central point 2.) also rotor blade the …
13blade stall — As it refers to rotorcraft, it is the condition of the retreating rotor blade when in forward flight and when operating at an angle of attack greater than the maximum angle of lift. This occurs at high forward speeds and when settling with power …
14blade tabs — The tabs attached to the trailing edges of rotor blades. These are used for adjustment of the main rotor blade tracking and for elimination of control stick creeping …
15blade angle — i. The angle the face of the propeller blade makes at any particular place with its plane of rotation. It is also the angle subtended by the chord of the propeller blade with the horizontal plane when the propeller is laid flat on its boss on… …
16blade — i. A rotating airfoil driven by a helicopter engine to produce vertical lift. Also called a rotor blade. ii. A rotating airfoil driven by an aircraft engine to produce a thrust force approximately in line with the longitudinal axis of the… …
17rotor — noun (C) technical 1 a part of a machine that turns around on a fixed point 2 also rotor blade the long flat part on top of a helicopter that turns around and around …
18blade span — The length of a helicopter rotor blade from the tip to its root …
19blade back — noun : the surface of a propeller or rotor blade that corresponds to the upper surface of a lifting airfoil …
20blade face — noun : the surface of a propeller or rotor blade that corresponds to the lower surface of a lifting airfoil called also driving face, thrust face …
