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Old 13th Apr 2008, 18:30
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Dave_Jackson
 
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RVTD and Hei-Kiwi;

Thanks for the information.


Mart,

The Kaman helicopters (at least the intermeshing ones) have very soft rotors, and this is necessary for a servo-flap to act as a primary flight-control. The increasing rigidity of modern rotors may preclude the use of servo-flaps for primary control.

To my knowledge, current R&D in servo-flap technology is only for reduced noise and vibration.


Now if some company with deep pockets would like to fund this......

Dave
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