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ROTOR COMPENSADOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Helicopters (Military)
DEF

Rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter.

OBS

[The tail rotor] keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor.

OBS

tail rotor: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

OBS

tail rotor; T/R: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Aeronautical Terminology Standardization Committee (ATSC) - Helicopters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
CONT

[...] rotor anticouple assurant le pilotage en lacet, placé à l'arrière de l'appareil à l'extrémité d'une poutre de queue longue et relativement flexible.

OBS

rotor anticouple : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Helicópteros (Militar)
DEF

Rotor que sirve ya sea para contrarrestar en un giroavión el efecto de torsión del rotor principal o para maniobrar el giroavión alrededor de uno o más de sus tres ejes principales.

OBS

rotor compensador; rotor de cola: términos aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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