NOUN
- rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single-rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air
How To Use main rotor In A Sentence
- They were about 1500 feet above the ground when the explosion occurred, separating the tail boom and one main rotor blade from the aircraft. McKain, Bobby L.
- The helicopter warning horn then sounded advising that the main rotor blades were too slow.
- The most likely cause is an abrupt or inappropriate movement of the helicopter's controls or the stalling of the main rotor blade due to icing on the engine carburetor.
- He barely dodged a humongous hammer that flew past him and destroyed the main rotor on one of the remaining helicopters.
- The Lynx came down on its right-hand side, with the main rotor and tail sheared off by the impact and the cabin ablaze.
- Once airborne the rear-mounted propeller pushes the craft along and the unpowered main rotor spins to give the craft lift.
- As they headed to the airfield all 7 gallons of oil from the main rotor gearbox, and all 7 quarts from each engine was pouring out. Michael J. Durant
- And its main rotor pump rotating parts should be static balance and dynamic balance test.
- At the time of writing, however, the ideal design of the main rotor blade was still to be established.
- The five-bladed main rotor is fully composite, with a composite spar, multiple box structure and anhedral tipcaps.
