Randy Sonnicksen's Blog – March 2017 Archive (1)

Bearingless Rotor for Variable Pitch Quadrotor

This video shows the fabrication of a prototype bearingless rotor hub/blade design.

The rotor diameter is 93 cm (36.6 in) and will operate at 1,410 rpm generating 2,000 g's of acceleration at the rotor tip, and developing 1,600 Lbs of tension in the flexelem rod due to centrifugal force. The blade (pair) is designed to generate 104 Lbs of lift with a power consumption…

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Added by Randy Sonnicksen on March 28, 2017 at 8:12am — 3 Comments

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