Hinge offset?
Hi All,
I was hoping one of you could help educate me a bit. I've followed many threads here and have seen reference to hinge offset. I'm curious s to what exactly this means. Are we refering to the spanwise distance if any between the flapping and the lead-lag hinges? Or are we talking about the angular offset of the flapping hinge from the hub like we see on a Bell style tail rotor or a Kmax type rotorhead? If it isn't too much trouble can you explain how this effects how things work? I know large hinge offsets allow different things like high speed maneuvering but I just can't figure out how.
Thanks
Max