A blade tracking system for a rotary wing aircraft includes a blade sensor mounted on a blade of the rotary wing aircraft, the blade sensor wirelessly transmitting blade data; a reference sensor mounted to the rotary wing aircraft, the blade driven by the rotor hub, the reference sensor transmitting reference data; and a processor receiving the blade data and the reference data, the processor determining at least one of lead-lag, flap and pitch of the blade in response to the blade data and the reference data.


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    Title :

    Rotary wing aircraft blade tracking


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-09-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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