A aircraft, 10, includes a powerplant system, 26, operable to power a main rotor system , 12, and a secondary thrust system, 30, the secondary thrust system is selectively driven through operation of a clutch system, 34C, and a clutch system synchronization time corresponds to a response time of the powerplant systems, 26.
Clutch system for rotary-wing aircraft with secondary thrust system
Kupplungssystem für einen Drehflügler mit sekundärem Schubsystem
Système d'embrayage pour aéronef à voilure tournante avec système de butée secondaire
2016-08-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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