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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Alan Brocklehurst, Dorset, GB;
Alessandro Scandroglio, Oleggio, IT;
Alan Brocklehurst, Dorset, GB;
Alessandro Scandroglio, Oleggio, IT;
Agusta S.p.A., Samarate, IT;
Abstract
A blade for an antitorque tail rotor of a helicopter, having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite each other and elongated along a longitudinal axis of the blade; the trailing edge, in use, interacts with the air current after the leading edge; the blade also has two opposite surfaces extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a root portion extending from a radially inner first end, with respect to a rotation axis of the blade, towards a second end opposite the first end; and the root portion, when sectioned in a plane perpendicular to the leading edge and trailing edge, has a profile asymmetrical with respect to a chord joining the leading edge and trailing edge.