Airbus Helicopters

Sylvain Berthalon

Mathias Fournier

Scott Grant

Jean-Romain Bihel

Michel Vialle

Fabien Massal

Stephane Mazet

Jerome Belmonte

Mathieu Charrier

Jérôme Belmonte

Stéphane Mazet

A propeller provided with interchangeable blades, and to a method of mounting such interchangeable blades on the propeller. The propeller comprises a hub, fastening fittings, rotation guide devices for guiding the fastening fittings in rotation relative to the hub, locking parts, and blades. The fastening fittings are configured to be assembled into the hub from the inside of the hub, and the locking parts lock respective ones of the fastening fittings onto the hub. The blades are fastened to respective ones of the fastening fittings outside the hub and can thus easily be replaced with other blades without removing the propeller.

Propeller provided with interchangeable blades and a method of mounting interchangeable blades on a propeller

A method for monitoring a fluid system for lubricating a mechanical system. The fluid system comprises a spraying circuit connected to a main fluid circuit and to a back-up fluid circuit. The back-up fluid circuit comprises a back-up check valve closed in a nominal operating mode. The method comprises a monitoring phase comprising the generation of a first alert in the presence of the detection of a malfunction making the main fluid circuit inoperative and the back-up check valve in an open state and the generation of a second alert different from the first alert in the presence a malfunction and the back-up check valve in a closed state.

Method for monitoring a fluid system lubricating a mechanical system

A lead-lag damper arranged inside a blade of a rotor of a rotary wing aircraft. The lead-lag damper comprises an inner strength member provided with a cage in which a ball-joint connection is arranged, an outer strength member for securing to the blade, and an elastomer material member arranged between the two strength members. The two strength members and the elastomer material member extending beyond the zone around the cage so that the relative movements between two strength members resulting from the movements of the blade are damped by deformations of the elastomer material member, at least a portion of the lead-lag damper being designed to occupy a portion of the inside of the blade that is conventionally filled with foam.

Lead-lag damper integrated inside a blade of a rotor

A rotorcraft having a fuselage surmounted by a main rotor. The rotorcraft has a first propeller and a second propeller driven in rotation respectively about a first secondary axis of rotation and a second secondary axis of rotation. A mobility system turns the second propeller relative to the fuselage, the mobility system turning the second secondary axis of rotation relative to the fuselage from a first position where the second propeller exerts thrust in a first direction to a second position where the second propeller exerts thrust in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Rotorcraft having a rotary wing and an orientable propeller, and a method applied by the rotorcraft

A coupling means () provided with a first member () suitable for being fastened to a first rotary part () and with a second member () suitable for being fastened to a second rotary part (), the first member () being provided with a first diaphragm () and the second member () being provided with a second diaphragm () that is secured to the first diaphragm (). An emergency torque transmission device comprises at least one bayonet system including a protuberance () secured to one member () and co-operating with an angled groove () secured to the other member () by being inserted in the angled groove () by a thrust-and-rotation movement, in the absence of said breakage said coupling means () including both axial clearances in compression (') and in translation (&#x2033;) and also circumferential clearance between each protuberance () and walls defining the corresponding angled groove ().

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Velaux, France

Sylvain Berthalon