Tarp rotor system thrust, yaw and load control

Patent · Tue Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5862801

Weisbrich, A L

Presented is a means for thrust and, hence, yaw and load control of a TARP twin rotor system by means of initiating a thrust differential between said rotors which, in turn, yaws the twin rotor assembly into a protected low flow velocity region about a TARP and alleviates load on said assembly.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-86-100701
• Patent Number(s): US 4540333
• OSTI ID: 5862801
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Feb 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-344604
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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