Rotor blades may be modified with field-installable profiles, or wedges towards the rear trailing end. The wedges may incorporate one or more porous sections to enhance fluid flow through the wedge, and thus reduce trailing edge noise and rotor vibrations when the rotors are in use. The use of porous materials on the trailing end of the blade and/or wedge reduces the intensity of high-frequency noise. A portion of the wedge may retain impermeable characteristics and be paired with a more porous section to minimize the boundary layer, and thus reduce noise. The wedges may be installed in the field, and easy removed, replaced, and/or applied manually to the rotor blade trailing edge. As the vehicle is used, the placement and choice of location and number of wedges applied to one or more rotor blades may be modified each time the vehicle rotor blade come to rest.


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    Title :

    Rotor Blade Tracking Wedge with Porous Elements


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2023-10-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge



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