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- Definição1
- (1) A rotating airfoil driven by a helicopter engine to produce vertical lift. Also called a rotor blade. (2) A rotating airfoil driven by an aircraft engine to produce a thrust force approximately in line with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Also called a propeller blade. It is restricted to that part of a propeller arm or of a rotating wing from the shank outward (i.e., that part having an efficient airfoil shape that cleaves the air). (3) A rotating airfoil that is a part of a compressor in a gas turbine engine. Also called a compressor blade.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Subárea1
- Aircraft Structure
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