A folding yoke comprising a bilateral center yoke pivotally connected to separate foldable yoke arms permits rotor blade fold about a single through bolt connection inboard of a set of bearings. In use, the compact folded arrangement of the rotor blades reduces folded aircraft dimensions in response to ever increasing restricted storage space parameters.
COMPACT FOLDING YOKE IN A FOLDING ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY
2019-06-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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