The active twist rotor model was mounted in the open test section of DNW’s large, low-speed wind tunnel.
Credit: DLR
Active Twist Rotor Tested An international team led by German aerospace center DLR has completed tests of a helicopter rotor with active blade twist in the DNW German-Dutch Wind Tunnels in the Netherlands. Actively controlling the twist of rotor blades has been studied since the 1990s and has been...
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