A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a plurality of rotor blades operably connected to a rotor shaft. Two or more active adaptive devices are located at one or more rotor blades of the plurality of rotor blades. The one or more active adaptive devices are operably connected to an aircraft flight control system such that, when activated, the one or more active adaptive devices change one or more operational characteristics of the rotor assembly. A method of operating a rotor assembly of a rotary wing aircraft includes rotating a plurality of rotor blades about a rotor shaft. Two or more active adaptive devices located at one or more rotor blades of the plurality of rotor blades are activated and change one or more operational characteristics of the rotor assembly.
Mission adaptive rotor blade
2016-11-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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