According to one embodiment, a rotorcraft (100) includes a body (130), a rotor blade (120), and a power train (110) coupled to the body (130) and operable to rotate the rotor blade (120). The power train (110) includes an engine (112), a gearbox (160) in mechanical communication with the engine (112), and a driveshaft (116) in mechanical communication with the gearbox (160). The rotorcraft (100) also includes a sensor (410) operable to detect a rotorcraft parameter (415), and a lubrication flow calculation unit (420) operable to receive the rotorcraft parameter (415), generate the flow rate (425) based on the rotorcraft parameter (415), and transmit the flow rate (425) to a lubrication system (200, 430) configured to deliver lubricant to the gearbox (160) at the transmitted flow rate (425).
METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF LUBRICANT TO A ROTORCRAFT GEARBOX
VERFAHREN ZUR VERABREICHUNG EINES SCHMIERSTOFFES AN EIN DREHFLÜGLERGETRIEBE
PROCÉDÉ POUR LA DISTRIBUTION DE LUBRIFIANT DANS UNE BOÎTE DE VITESSES DE GIRAVION
2016-10-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Method for the delivery of lubricant to a rotorcraft gearbox
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