UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter rotor up close - photos

[Jon]

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter rotor up close.

Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...1_fullsize.jpg


Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...2_fullsize.jpg


Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...3_fullsize.jpg



Previously:

Helicopter with intermeshing rotors - GIF
Helicopter main rotor blade flex - GIF
Helicopter rotors collide - GIF

[desbromilow]

I take it the first photo is of the spider for the tail?

[sossol]

I take it the first photo is of the spider for the tail?

Yes. Tail rotors only have collective pitch control.

Helicopter trivia: Arthur Young's dog was the first-ever helicopter passenger. As if being the guy who figured out how to make the helicopter stable and practical doesn't make him cool, the fact that he named his dog Brian would.

Neil