Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

Joseph Pantalone, Iii

Timothy James Conti

Daniel Caleb Sargent

Ashley DeVito

John S Chapkovich, Iii

Sven Roy Lofstrom

Frank M Caputo

Eric Charles Boyle

Robert D Higbie

Benjamin Isabella

Keith M Schenone

Alicia Fernandez

Masruk Siddique

Brian Ernest Wake

Erez Eller

Steven D Weiner

Brandon L Stille

Joshua A Breon

Byung-Young Min

Eric S Parsons

William Paul Adams

Blake Almy Moffitt

Henry E Voegeli

Christopher Michael Colschen

A rotor blade configured to couple to a rotor assembly having an axis of rotation includes a blade radius R between the axis of rotation and an outboard end of the rotor blade when coupled to the rotor assembly. When an inboard end of the rotor blade is coupled to the rotor assembly at about x/R=0.10, between about 18 percent and about 22 percent of the total mass of the rotor blade is located between about x/R=0.88 and about x/R=0.93, x corresponding to a radial location of the rotor blade measured from the axis of rotation.

Tip end joint arrangement for a rotor blade with reconfigurable attributes for structural and aerodynamic tuning

A method of mounting a replacement tip section to an exposed end of a rotor blade includes removing an existing tip section from the rotor blade to create the exposed end of the rotor blade, installing the rotor blade having the exposed end onto a holding fixture, assembling the replacement tip section about the exposed end of the rotor blade, positioning a bonding fixture about the replacement tip section, and curing the replacement tip section to the exposed end of the rotor blade.

Method of removal and replacement of a tip section of a rotor blade

A replacement tip section for a rotor blade, from which a legacy tip section was removed, includes a blade tip portion configured to be attached to an intermediate section of the rotor blade after removal of the legacy section. The intermediate section has a connection feature at an end of the intermediate section to which the blade tip portion is attachable. The replacement tip section includes a transition region configured to be attached to a forward end of the connection feature. The transition region is configured to form a leading edge of the rotor blade and extends from the blade tip portion to form an opening into which the intermediate section is attached. The transition region includes a first end having a first airfoil that conforms to the intermediate section airfoil at the connection feature, and a second end having a second airfoil that conforms to the blade tip portion.

Replacement tip section for a rotor blade and method of replacing a rotor blade tip section

A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft and a tip for the rotor blade. The rotor blade includes a blade root, a blade tip and a blade body that extends from the blade root to the blade tip. The blade tip includes: a continuously swept leading edge, a compound trailing edge, and a continuous anhedral.

Rotor blade tip design for improved hover and cruise performance

An exhaust system for reducing infrared emissions of a rotary wing aircraft includes a duct assembly having an inlet portion and an outlet portion; the inlet portion configured to receive exhaust from an engine of the aircraft; and the outlet portion coupled to the inlet portion, the outlet portion having an outlet duct with an outlet opening, the outlet duct configured expel an emission containing engine exhaust proximate to a tail fairing of the rotary wing aircraft.

AFT exhaust system for rotary wing aircraft

Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle including an engine and a rotor including a plurality of rotor blades in a path of exhaust from the engine. The vehicle includes a rotor control assembly configured to connect the rotor to a rotation force source to rotate the rotor and configured to rotate the rotor at a prescribed minimum rotation rate greater than zero based on at least one of disengaging the rotor from the rotation force source and receiving a control signal to disengage the rotor from the rotation force source. The rotor control assembly is designed to rotate the rotor at the prescribed minimum rotation rate based on at least one system attribute of the vehicle that is affected by a rotation rate of the rotor.

Rotation of disengaged rotor

An exhaust system for reducing infrared emissions of a rotary wing aircraft includes a manifold; an opening in the manifold, the opening configured to face upwards and away from the rotary wing aircraft; and a chimney including a wall positioned about the opening, the chimney configured to eject an emission of intermixed secondary air and engine exhaust upwards and away from the rotary wing aircraft.

Upturned exhaust system for rotary wing aircraft

An exhaust system for reducing infrared emissions of a rotary wing aircraft includes an exhaust duct having a fore end for connection with an aft turbine section of an engine of the rotary wing aircraft, the exhaust duct having an aft end having an exhaust opening to expel engine exhaust proximate to a tail fairing of the rotary wing aircraft; and a drive shaft collocated with the exhaust duct, the drive shaft configured to provide rotational force to an aft propeller of the rotary wing aircraft.

Rotary wing aircraft having collocated exhaust duct and propeller shaft

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Joseph Pantalone, Iii