Another tilt-ducted fan:
https://youtu.be/ROJwL2suUMI
Quote from: GTX_Admin on May 02, 2015, 05:52:23 AMhttps://youtu.be/ROJwL2suUMII've been kinda wondering, if they couldn't fit all the presidential kit into the EH-101 Merlin, how the heck are they going to fit it into that --- ?
Something I've been thinking about. Is there a reason why all the tilt-rotors are three-bladed rather than four or more bladed? I have an idea in the back of my mind and am unsure about how many blades I should put on the rotors...
Quote from: Rickshaw on May 21, 2015, 08:34:36 AMSomething I've been thinking about. Is there a reason why all the tilt-rotors are three-bladed rather than four or more bladed? I have an idea in the back of my mind and am unsure about how many blades I should put on the rotors...Partly it's a matter of the controls you can fit into a nacelle of comfortable size (the V-22 nacelle is just packed, very little extra room) and still have robust control rods etc. Perhaps Fly by Wire may change this in the future, but for the present three seems to be pretty much optimum.