rotary wing in English

noun
1
an airfoil that rotates in an approximately horizontal plane, providing all or most of the lift in a helicopter or autogiro.
Over time, initiative was slowly regained through suppression missions with airlifted mortar assets and close air support provided by fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
noun
    rotor blade

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1. 12.1 Theory of Flight — Rotary Wing Aerodynamics

2. Like helicopters, Autogiros used a rotary wing to produce lift

3. Rotary wing aircraft vibration control system with resonant inertial actuators

4. Ducted tail rotor for rotary wing aircraft providing torque reaction and yaw attitude control

5. Autogiro, also spelled autogyro, rotary-wing aircraft, superseded after World War II by the more efficient helicopter

6. East/West Industries offers a full line of Crashworthy seats for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft

7. Autogiro, also spelled Autogyro, rotary-wing aircraft, superseded after World War II by the more efficient helicopter

8. An Autogyro is a type of rotary wing aircraft supported in flight by the lift provided by a rotor

9. Autorotation is an aeronautical term used to describe particular behavior displayed by both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft, while aloft

10. An Autogyro is a rotary-wing aerodyne whose rotor is turned throughout its flight by air forces resulting from the motion of the craft through the air.

11. The invention relates to a rotary-wing aircraft (100), comprising at least four rotors (110), which are disposed on girder elements (120a, 120b), wherein said rotors (110) and girder elements (120a, 120b) are disposed such that a free field of vision (S) is defined along a longitudinal axis (L) of said rotary-wing aircraft (100) at least between two terminal rotors.

12. Northrop Grumman's infrared Countermeasures systems have been installed on more than 1,500 aircraft, representing more than 80 different aircraft types, including large and small fixed-wing, rotary wing and tilt-rotor platforms.

13. Ace Aeronautics offers commercial and military off-the-shelf (COTS/MOTS) products for fixed and rotary wing aircraft that provide state-of-the-art system solutions to resolve avionics obsolescence and capability gaps

14. Autorotation is a state of flight in which the main rotor system of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft turns by the action of air moving up through the rotor, as with an autogyro, rather than engine power driving the rotor

15. During the budget period, the Mission would maintain a fleet of six rotary-wing aircraft comprising two military and four commercially contracted helicopters, as well as contract one fixed-wing aircraft for 120 round-trip journeys between Dili and Darwin (including emergency aero-medical evacuation lights).