Rotor system for winged aircraft
First Claim
1. On a fixed winged, jet propelled aircraft, a rotor system for contributing to lift during takeoff and flight comprising:
- a rotatable rotor shaft mounted on one of said wings, said shaft tiltable between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position;
a rotor mounted to said shaft, and including at least one blade, said blade having an adjustable blade angle relative to said shaft;
means for tilting said shaft between said vertical and horizontal positions;
means, responsive to the tilting of said shaft for automatically adjusting the blade angle of said blade to an autogyro blade angle when said shaft is in said vertical position to lend autogyro lift during takeoff and landing, and to a substantially feathered blade angle when said shaft is in said horizontal position to minimize drag and add aerodynamic lift during wingborne flight.
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Abstract
A rotor system for a rotor convertible fixed winged aircraft comprising a rotatable rotor shaft mounted on one of the wings of the aircraft, the shaft tiltable between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position, a rotor mounted to the shaft and including at least one blade, the blade having an adjustable blade angle relative to the shaft, apparatus for tilting the shaft between the vertical and horizontal positions, controls responsive to the tilting of the shaft for automatically adjusting the blade angle of a blade to an autogyro blade angle when the shaft is in the vertical position and to a substantially feathered blade angle when the shaft is in the horizontal position.
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21 Claims
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1. On a fixed winged, jet propelled aircraft, a rotor system for contributing to lift during takeoff and flight comprising:
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a rotatable rotor shaft mounted on one of said wings, said shaft tiltable between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position; a rotor mounted to said shaft, and including at least one blade, said blade having an adjustable blade angle relative to said shaft; means for tilting said shaft between said vertical and horizontal positions; means, responsive to the tilting of said shaft for automatically adjusting the blade angle of said blade to an autogyro blade angle when said shaft is in said vertical position to lend autogyro lift during takeoff and landing, and to a substantially feathered blade angle when said shaft is in said horizontal position to minimize drag and add aerodynamic lift during wingborne flight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21)
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14. On a fixed winged, jet propelled aircraft, a rotor system for contributing to lift during takeoff and flight comprising:
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one rotatable rotor shaft mounted on each of said wings, said shafts tiltable during flight between a substantially vertical position and a substantially horizontal position; a rotor, including at least one blade, mounted on each of said shafts, each said blade having a pitch relative to said wing; means for synchronously tilting said shafts between said vertical and horizontal positions; means for inhibiting rotation of said rotors when said shafts are in said horizontal position; and means responsive to the tilting of said shafts, for automatically adjusting the pitch of each said blade so that said blades lend lift when said shafts are in said vertical position during takeoff and landing, and said blades are substantially feathered when said shafts are in said horizontal position during wingborne flight to attain aerodynamic lift. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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