摘要 |
A safety rotor system for an aircraft including a flight rotor that is rotationally driven by a drive, the system including: a safety rotor that is rotationally driven during rotation of the flight rotor, the safety rotor including one or more safety members traversing a path outward of the flight rotor so that an object approaching the flight rotor through the path contacts one of the safety members before contacting the flight rotor, wherein the safety rotor decelerates when one of the safety members contacts an object; a sensor for detecting rotation of the safety rotor; and a controller configured to: determine, using the sensor, a deceleration of the safety rotor corresponding to one of the safety members contacting an object; and cause the rotation of the flight rotor to cease in response to detecting the deceleration of the safety rotor. |