A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft includes a root region extending from a rotor head to about 15% to 20% of a blade radius, a main region extending from a radial extent of the root region to about 80% to 95% of the blade radius, a tip region extending from a radial extent of the main region to a blade tip, and a trailing edge. A portion of one of the root region, the main region and the tip region has an airfoil profile section including a trailing edge reflex camber relative to a base airfoil shape of a remainder of the one of the root region, the main region, and the tip region to reduce pitching moment of the rotor blade while maintaining a positive aerodynamic characteristic of the base airfoil shape. The reflex camber extends 20% of a blade chord from the trailing edge.
AIRFOIL FOR ROTOR BLADE WITH REDUCED PITCHING MOMENT
05.05.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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