One example of a rotorcraft blade control system includes a mechanical linkage (117a,b) to connect to a rotorcraft blade (104) including a feather axis (150) and a pneumatic muscle (107a,b) connected to the mechanical linkage (117a,b). The system also includes a movement member connected to the mechanical linkage (117a,b), the pneumatic muscle (107a,b) and the movement member to move the mechanical linkage (117a,b) to control movement of the rotorcraft blade (104) on the feather axis (150). The pneumatic muscle (107a,b) can be a first pneumatic muscle and the movement member can be a second pneumatic muscle or a bias spring.
INDIVIDUAL BLADE CONTROL UTILIZING PNEUMATIC MUSCLES
INDIVIDUELLE BLATTSTEUERUNG MIT PNEUMATISCHEN MUSKELN
COMMANDE DE PALES INDIVIDUELLES UTILISANT DES MUSCLES PNEUMATIQUE
2017-04-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |