摘要 |
A helicopter's main rotor blades are removably attached to a hub, which is rotatably mounted on a mast. The base of the mast is attached to the helicopter's body by unthreaded, expandable bushing bolts. When inserted, the bolts' centerlines lie in a plane which perpendicularly intersects the axial centerline of the mast. The mast is hollow and encases a drive shaft. Splines at one end of the drive shaft removably engage splines on the engine transmission. The hub has a removal fitting for engaging an end of the drive shaft. When the mast is detached and pulled apart from the helicopter body for storage, the removal fitting forces the drive shaft splines to disengage from the tnansmission splines, and keeps the drive shaft inside the mast while the mast is being removed. The main rotor blades' pitch is controlled by a plurality of pitch control linkages. Each linkage is comprised of a first part connected to the mast and a second part connected to the helicopter body. The two parts of each linkage are connected solely by an expandable bushing bolt. Removal of the bolt allows the two parts to be disconnected pursuant to removal of the mast from the body, and keeps the first part attached to the mast during the removal and afterwards. Reaachment of the mast to the helicopter body is accomplished by the reverse of the foregoing operations.
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