In very cold climate zones, the wind can blow with tremendous force. But wind turbines have rarely been built in these regions up to now. The risk of ice formation on the rotor blades is just too high ...
Hill Helicopters engineered composite main rotor blades using a novel single-cure manufacturing process for stiffness and ...
Helicopters regularly have to get their rotor blades inspected, so they can be replaced if they're wearing out. Utilizing the BladeSense system, however, the aircraft would be able to self-monitor the ...
Offshore wind turbines are becoming ever larger, and the transportation, installation, disassembly and disposal of their gigantic rotor blades are presenting operators with new challenges. Now ...
CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT, Tx. - A group of Soldiers flying to an undisclosed location suddenly come under enemy fire. The crew, adeptly trained in maneuvering during combat, navigates their Chinook ...
Pre-treatment-free coatable demonstrator of a rotor blade shell segment protected by the Peel Plas release film. Photo Credit, all images: Fraunhofer IFAM Within the joint project OptiBlade, ...
Can you make a silent stealth helicopter? The Franco-German-Spanish subsidiary of the European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company, Eurocopter, has invented noise-canceling rotor blades that do away ...
Erickson Inc. developed a more resilient, and cost-effective composite rotor blade for its S-64 Air Crane® helicopter with materials from Toray Advanced Composites. A six-blade heavy-lift helicopter ...
Airbus Helicopters is to institute a series of modifications on the H145 that will increase the payload of the light-twin by 150kg (330lb). Key to the upgrade is a new bearingless five-blade main ...