Slowed rotor
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slowed-rotor-173-8571087
title:
Slowed rotor
text:
The slowed rotor principle is used in the design of some helicopters. On a conventional helicopter the rotational speed of the rotor is constant; reducing it at lower flight speeds can reduce fuel consumption and enable the aircraft to fly more economically. In the compound helicopter and related aircraft configurations such as the gyrodyne and winged autogyro, reducing the rotational speed of the rotor and offloading part of its lift to a fixed wing reduces drag, enabling the aircraft to fly fa
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Helicopter design variant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowed_rotor
date created:
2009-12-20T11:23:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T08:06:05Z
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