Patent ID: 11866163
Assignee: PIASECKI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. The parking tail rotor apparatus of claim 4 wherein the one or more tail rotor blades comprise a first blade and a second blade, the first and second blades each having the blade root, blade span and blade tip, the blade roots of the first and second blades being attached to and rotatable with the tail rotor hub, the blade root of the first blade being attached to the tail rotor hub by a lead-lag hinge, the first blade being rotatable about the lead-lag hinge to the parked position when the rotary wing aircraft is flying in the forward direction and the source of motive power stops rotating the first and second blades, the blade tips of both of the first and second blades being aft of the tail rotor hub when the first and second blades are in the parked position.