Item 0004

DESIGN: Dragonfly ~ Rotor - Disk - Flap on Offset Teetering Rotor

Note:

The grip is 22.3213" from the mast. The blade is 10 feet long. If the center of the mass is at the center of the blade then the mass is 7 feet from the mast.

Drawing:

Note re above drawing:

At the maximum flap of 15º, the tie-bar, which is underslung by 3.5", moves away from the centerline of the mast by 0.9058". The movement of the tie-bars, which are at 120º azimuth from the above tie-bar, should move toward the centerline of the mast by 0.9058 * sin(30º) = 0.4529. The drawing shows them actually moving by 0.4565" toward the centerline of the mast. This is a discrepancy of less than 1% and it should therefore present no problem.

As a theoretical check, if the tie-bar was at 135º from the tie-bar 90º azimuth then the move toward the centerline of the mast should be 0.9058 * sin(45º) = 0.6405. The drawing shows them actually moving by 0.6430" toward the centerline of the mast. This is a discrepancy of less than 0.4%.

GOOD

 

Related Pages:

DESIGN: Dragonfly ~ Rotor - Disk - Lead-Lag on Offset Teetering Rotor

DESIGN: Dragonfly ~ Rotor - Hub - Tie-rod - Layout

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