Patent ID: 9022314
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A rotorcraft comprising: a fuselage; a mast having proximal and distal ends, the mast protruding outwardly from an upper surface of the fuselage; a mast flange pivotally mounted to the fuselage by a pivot, the mast being affixed to the mast flange; mast tilt actuator coupled to the fuselage and mast flange and operable to adjust an orientation of the flange; a rotor hub rotationally mounted to the mast proximate the distal end; a plurality of rotor blades, each having a proximal end rotatably mounted to the hub and having a pitch control arm secured proximate the proximal end thereof; a swashplate encircling the mast and having a rotating plate and a non-rotating plate, the rotating plate being rotatably mounted to the non-rotating plate; a plurality of pitch control rods coupling the pitch control arms to the rotating plate; a plurality of swashplate actuators rigidly mounted to the mast flange and coupled to the non-rotating plate, the swashplate actuators selectively activated to change an orientation of the non-rotating plate.