ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY WITH HIGH PITCHING MOMENT AIRFOIL SECTION FOR A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT

摘要

A main rotor blade assembly with a high negative pitching moment airfoil section having a pitching moment coefficient beyond (more negative than) -0.035 at Mach Numbers below 0.80 and a blade taper of 1:5 or greater.. The main rotor blade preferably limits blade torsional bending and an aft loaded tip airfoils to approximately 'no more' than that of conventional effective rotor blade designs based on conventional tip airfoil sections.