INROS - Innovative helicopter rotor control
Overview
Background & policy context:
The rotor system is one of the key elements of a helicopter. It has a huge impact on the technical and economic capability of the product. In recent years, ECD (Eurocopter Deutschland) reached the technological market leadership in this segment. National research projects have made an important contribution to this success.
Objectives:
The INROS project focuses on the Research and Development of new and innovative rotor systems for future helicopter generations. It follows the objective to reduce weight, maintenance and costs; and to increase safety, comfort, environmental sustainability and airspeed. The project focuses on all relevant system components, such as rotor head, rotor blades and steering technologies.
Methodology:
The objectives are meant to achieve by design and construction of an innovative rotor head system for fast and economic flight operations. Further, an improvement of the flap control for a better rotor steering can help to achieve the goals.
The project is divided into 3 work packages:
- WP1: Innovative rotor head systems
- WP2: Innovative rotor blades
- WP3: Innovative rotor steering technology
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