Proprotor with folding blades is mounted on a sled for track testing at flight-representative speeds.
Credit: Bell
A sled track normally used to test ejection seats has been employed by Bell to demonstrate the stop/fold rotor system under development for its planned 400-kt. high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing (HSVTOL) concept. A three-blade test article was delivered to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, for a...
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