Compact folding yoke with flexible yoke arms in a folding rotor blade assembly

A folding yoke comprising a center yoke pivotally connected to separate foldable flexible yoke arms permits rotor blade fold about a single through bolt connection inboard of a set of bearings. In use, the compact folded arrangement of the rotor blades reduces folded aircraft dimensions in response...

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Hauptverfasser: Baldwin, Tyler Wayne, Paulson, Jared Mark, Cravener, Kyle Thomas
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Zusammenfassung:A folding yoke comprising a center yoke pivotally connected to separate foldable flexible yoke arms permits rotor blade fold about a single through bolt connection inboard of a set of bearings. In use, the compact folded arrangement of the rotor blades reduces folded aircraft dimensions in response to ever increasing restricted storage space parameters.