A rotorcraft component protected from abrasion or corrosion includes the rotorcraft component and a zinc-nickel coating on at least a portion of a surface of the rotorcraft component, wherein the zinc-nickel coating protects the portion of the surface of the rotorcraft component from abrasion or corrosion. The rotorcraft component is a main rotor mast, a tail rotor mast, a gear, a main rotor gearbox, or one or more gears in an accessory gearbox, a reduction gearbox, an intermediate gearbox, or a tail rotor gearbox.
MAST AND EXPOSED GEARS ARE ZINC-HIGH-NICKEL PLATED FOR GREATER ABRASION AND/OR CORROSION RESISTANCE
2020-01-16
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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