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Old 13th Sep 2018, 21:15
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wrench1
 
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Originally Posted by discap
From my understanding even the rigid heads all for feathering without a dedicated hinge.

By definition, a rigid rotor includes feathering but not flap or lead-lag movement. Could a 2 blade rigid system be built? Sure, but what would you do with it. The ride would be terrible. And with any type of useful load, I would imagine the bending forces at the hub/mast/xsmn would require those components to be pretty substantial in strength/weight/size.

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