A rotary wing aircraft yoke is provided including an arcuate medial portion. A pair of arms extends from the medial portion and each terminates in a distal end. The yoke is made from multiple plies of glass and graphite fibers of varying orientations. The number of graphite plies increases along each arm from adjacent the medial portion to the distal end.
Helicopter blade retention composite yoke
2016-04-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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