A system and method for attaching a damper (301a-d) to a tail rotor blade includes a cuff that is integral with the rotor blade (201a-d). The cuff has upper and lower lugs formed by extending a skin over a blade core of the rotor blade. The skin extends past the blade core to the root end (202a-d) of the rotor blade. The rod end of the damper is inserted into an opening between the lugs. The rod end of the damper is coupled to the blade with a bolt through aligned holes in the lugs. The cuff also couples the rotor blade to the grip inside the cuff. The cuff includes a same material as that forming the skin. Sacrificial buffer pads are applied to interior faces of the lugs. The buffer pads permit a distance between the lugs to be machined within a tolerance without removing skin from the cuff.


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    Title :

    TAIL ROTOR INTEGRATED DAMPER ATTACHMENT


    Additional title:

    IM HECKROTOR INTEGRIERTE DÄMPFERBEFESTIGUNG
    FIXATION D'UN AMORTISSEUR INTÉGRÉ DE ROTOR ARRIÈRE


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    Publication date :

    2019-05-22


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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