Pictures and Stories

Developing the CarterCopter :

The original test-rig cockpit.

Developing the CarterCopter :

The prop hub showing the arm used to change blade pitch - like the main rotor the prop is built on a mono-constructed composite I-beam.

The black material is the hub of the I-beam.

The I-beam is warped to effect a pitch-change.

Developing the CarterCopter :

The 7' 10" diameter composite Prop.

Developing the CarterCopter :

Putting the 7' 10" diameter Prop into perspective.

Developing the CarterCopter :

The NASCAR V6 Engine minus the turbo-chargers. Shows the belt used to pre-rotate the rotor.

Developing the CarterCopter :

The complete engine assembly being checked for weight and balance.

Developing the CarterCopter :

The prop and engine fitted.

Developing the CarterCopter :

The rotorhead testrig - shows the collective control arms, and the tilt spindle pushrod arms and levers. The main collective control rod comes up thru the middle.

Also shows the universal joint and the 'parallelogram' shock-absorbing mechanism that allows the rotor to move fore & aft yet maintains current collective and tilt (indirect cyclic) settings.

As with the prop-hub, the black composite material that the rotor blades are part of, is the hub of the mono constructed rotor I-beam. That in turn is clamped to the teeter hinge pivot-plate just above it. The teeter uses Delta-3 (pivot being offset from the normal 90 degrees).

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