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