A method of mounting a metal blade root to a composite propeller blade body includes inserting a connection portion of the blade body into a bore formed in the blade root, wherein the connection portion comprises at least one depression formed in an outer surface thereof, and applying pressure to the outer surface of the blade root to cause it to deform and engage with the depressions, thereby mechanically coupling the blade root to the propeller blade body.
Propeller blade root coupling
2021-04-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Composite material propeller blade root connecting structure
European Patent Office | 2021
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