Carbon Fiber – A New Spin for Main and Tail Rotor Blades
Wed, 08/01/2012 - 12:00
In the early days of aviation, airplane wings were constructed of wood and fabric because this was the technology of the time. These materials served the industry well enough for many years. When it was time to build rotor blades for the first helicopters, the designers didn’t know how to construct them, so it’s not surprising that rotor blades were constructed similar to the wings on airplanes...