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rotary-wing aircraft
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- rotorcraft
- Definição1
- An aircraft with a rotor which provides lift, such as a helicopter.
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual on the Regulation of International Air Transport. 2nd ed. Montreal: ICAO, 2004. (Doc. 9626)
- Fonte2
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. IAMSAR manual: international aeronautical and maritime search and rescue manual. Volume II: mission co-ordination. 3rd ed. Montréal, 2013. (Doc. 9731)
- Contexto
- A helicopter (or a rotary-wing aircraft) is a heavier-than-air aircraft supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes (cf. Doc 9569).
- For fixed-wing aircraft, a flying time of about 30 minutes per search leg is recommended. For rotary-wing aircraft, a flying time of about 20 minutes is recommended.
- Subárea
- Aircraft
- Français
- aéronef à voilure tournante
- Sinônimos
- rotorcraft
- Imagem
The Fairey Rotodyne prototype, a combination of helicopter, autogyro and medium distance propeller airliner that never reached series production.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SFF_002-1055526_Fairey_Rotodyne.jpg
Two rotor helicopter.
Fonte: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belvedere.arp.750pix.jpg?uselang=es
