Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotorcraft counter-torque control assembly and method
- Patent Title (中): 转子反扭矩控制装置及方法
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Application No.: US13342937Application Date: 2012-01-03
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Publication No.: US08876037B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Curtis M. Ashford
- Applicant: Curtis M. Ashford
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B64C27/82
- IPC: B64C27/82

Abstract:
There is provided a counter-torque control assembly for mounting to a tail boom of a rotorcraft where the rotorcraft has a single main rotor, no tail rotor, and no tail fin. The assembly has an air intake chamber with at least a first opening for receiving an air flow stream and a vane assembly housed within the air intake chamber. The vane assembly has at least two vane elements capable of counter-rotation in the air flow stream. The assembly further has one or more microjet propulsion devices coupled to a second end of the air intake chamber. The one or more microjet propulsion devices draw the air flow stream over the vane elements to generate a counter-torque force to counter a torque from the single main rotor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130168490A1 Rotorcraft Counter-Torque Control Assembly and Method Public/Granted day:2013-07-04
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