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main rotor
Definição1
The rotor that supplies the principal lift to rotorcraft.
Fonte1
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Fonte2
ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS. NBR 15971-4: aeronáutica – vocabulário – parte 4: propulsão aeronáutica. Rio de Janeiro, 2011. 44 p.
Fonte3
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. 1st ed. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756)
Contexto
Helicopters are equipped with a freewheeling, or overrunning clutch mechanism between the engine and first part of the rotor drive system to allow the main rotor to turn in autorotation without having to drive the failed engine.
Subárea
Rotorcraft
Related Term
rotor
Français
rotor principal
Imagem

 Schematic of the main rotor servo assembly and the fore/aft main rotor servo’s input rod assembly.

Main rotor servo assembly and fore/aft main rotor servo’s input rod assembly.

Fonte: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD. Accident Report. NTSB/AAR-13/01; PB2013-103890. Notation 8371A. January 29, 2013.

 Main Rotor.

Main rotor.

Fonte: KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.