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RETREATING BLADE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
DEF

A rotor blade at any instant moving in a direction opposite to that of the aircraft.

CONT

The retreating blade is the rotor blade that passes through the azimuth angle from 180° to 360°.

OBS

retreating blade: term officialized by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
CONT

La pale reculante est celle pour laquelle la vitesse de translation se retranche de la vitesse de rotation.

OBS

pale reculante : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Hélicoptères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Helicópteros (Militar)
CONT

Al variar el ángulo de ataque, el helicóptero sube o baja. [...] Según gira el rotor, la pala que avanza, sube y la pala que retrocede, baja.

CONT

En vuelo horizontal, cuando el helicóptero se desplaza en una dirección determinada, [...] la velocidad de translación del desplazamiento hace que [...] en el semiplano de la pala en retroceso, la velocidad relativa en cada punto de la pala disminuye, respecto de la situación de vuelo estacionario sin viento.

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