- Patent Title: Method and a system for reducing the in-flight noise from a hybrid helicopter by managing the angle of incidence of its main rotor and the thrust from each propeller
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Application No.: US17197749Application Date: 2021-03-10
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Publication No.: US11713112B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Frederic Guntzer , Paul Eglin
- Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Applicant Address: FR Marignane
- Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Marignane
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: FR 02631 2020.03.18
- Main IPC: B64C27/26
- IPC: B64C27/26 ; B64C27/82 ; B64C27/57 ; B64C11/30

Abstract:
A method of reducing the noise generated in-flight by a vortex wake caused by each first blade of a main rotor of a hybrid helicopter. The hybrid helicopter includes a main rotor, at least two wings and at least one propeller. The method enables a stabilized flight phase on the level or with a non-zero aerodynamic slope to be implemented by determining a first value of the pitch of the second blades of each propeller and an angle of incidence of the main rotor as function of the flight conditions, then by applying the first pitch value to each propeller and by applying the angle of incidence to the main rotor so as to direct the vortex wake to limit the noisy interactions between the vortex wake and the other first blades and/or the second blades.
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