Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft – heavier-than-air – Helicopter or auto-rotating wing sustained – i.e. – gyroplanes
Patent
1996-07-26
1998-05-12
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft, heavier-than-air
Helicopter or auto-rotating wing sustained, i.e., gyroplanes
244 1719, 244 79, 416 52, 416147, B64C 2782
Patent
active
057495408
ABSTRACT:
In a helicopter having a device for stabilizing yaw motion through the use of a tail rotor with a plurality of rotor blades extending radially from a hollow rotor shaft which is mounted for rotation about a transverse rotor axis. The tail rotor is provided with a device for varying the thrust by a pilot input to the blades of the tail rotor and through the use of a gyro rotor for automatic control of the tail rotor. The invention further comprises a three point mixing linkage that permits the control of the tail rotor through both the pilot inputs and the gyro rotor inputs.
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