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Old 30th May 2023, 00:21
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You won't need the term "defenestrate", not like Asianas A321, or the Kremlin; "decapitate" will do fine.

presumably there would be the mother of all dampers or a solid stop for the blades that appear to have a lead-lag hinge root fitting. On a teeter head that would be entertaining if not rigid. Having the swash plate down low and acting through push rods to short overhead pitch links is not a bad idea, been done before but much easier here with an offset engine. If the head-on, blade end photo on their website is of the section, that is up there in the phattest sections ever used on a rotor, it's somewhere near 18-20%, 0.3c, asymmetric... not something you see every day. Pushing that at high tip u is gonna be taking some push.

The TRB looks like there was lots of spare metal in the shed needing to be used up. Not a bad thing at all. They got a delta-3 in there, so that is nice... Pretty lateral thinking in using chunky plate and box to take the place of CNC machined parts. At least the loads analysis is easier to do, not pretty, but the TR is going to be there well after the bystanders have "headed off" to the Enoggera pub.

The control authority on this is going to be interesting, with negligible mast height, there is going to be some pretty impressive TPP/body angles, might not suit mustering...


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