Patent ID: 8640983

Claim:
A rotor system for a rotorcraft, comprising: a rotor hub having a plurality of rotor blade pairs, each rotor blade pair comprises: an upper rotor blade coupled to an upper rotor yoke; and a lower rotor blade coupled to a lower rotor yoke; the upper rotor yoke and the lower rotor yoke coupled to a rotor mast; a pitch link assembly coupled to each rotor blade pair for controlling a first pitch angle of the upper rotor blade and a second pitch angle associated with the lower rotor blade, the pitch link assembly comprising: a swashplate link directly coupled between the swashplate and a lower pitch horn, the lower pitch horn being substantially located in a lower plane, the lower plane being defined by the lower rotor yoke; an intermediate link coupled between the lower pitch horn and an upper pitch horn; and a rotor swashplate coupled to the pitch link assembly; wherein the plurality of rotor blade pairs rotate in a single direction about a single axis of rotation; wherein the upper rotor blade of each rotor blade pair is clocked from the lower rotor blade of each rotor blade pair by a selected angle about the single axis of rotation.