A folding rotor blade assembly for a tiltrotor aircraft comprising a rotor blade pivotally connected to a yoke with dual concentric blade bolts having a common central axis providing a pivotal axis inboard of an outboard shear bearing. In use, the compact folded arrangement of the rotor blades reduces folded aircraft dimensions in response to ever increasing restricted storage space parameters.
DUAL BLADE FOLD BOLTS AND INBOARD CENTRIFUGAL BEARING IN A FOLDING ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY
2019-06-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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