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    A swashplate, also known as slant disk, is a mechanical engineering device used to translate the motion of a rotating shaft into reciprocating motion,...
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    In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades. Because...
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  • the engine is driven by this cam. A variation of the cam engine, the swashplate engine (also the closely related wobble-plate engine), was briefly popular...
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  • end from the swashplate alternately connects each cylinder to the fluid supply and delivery lines. By changing the angle of the swashplate, the stroke...
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    produced in several ways. A crank or Scotch yoke type drive may be used, a swashplate type drive, a captive cam or eccentric, barrel cam, or other rotary to...
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    can use either a swashplate or a wobble plate to translate the piston motion to rotation. A wobble plate is similar to a swashplate, in that the pistons...
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  • analogy, the hub of the rotary woofer's fan is somewhat like a helicopter's swashplate which allows a stationary source of reciprocating motion—the voice coil...
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  • were existing V-12 engines converted into an X-24 configuration. The Swashplate engine with the K-Cycle engine is where pairs of pistons are in an opposed...
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    fore and aft movement Tilts main rotor disk forward and back via the swashplate Induces pitch nose down or up To adjust forward speed and control rolled-turn...
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    referred to as a wobble plate pump). The most common is the swashplate pump. A variable-angle swashplate causes the pistons to reciprocate a greater or lesser...
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    Axial piston pump, swashplate principle...
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    Crankshaft – Mechanism for converting reciprocating motion to rotation Swashplate – Mechanism to convert between reciprocating and rotary motion Trip hammer –...
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    In the event of a miss, it can circle back for another attempt. The swashplate piston engine is fueled by Otto fuel II, a monopropellant which combusts...
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  • complexity and increases precision of control of the helicopter rotor's swashplate. Unlike conventional systems in which a single actuator is responsible...
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  • A straight-axis in-line piston pump/motor relies on a canted internal swashplate to drive the piston shoes up and down around the internal piston slipway...
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    main shaft rotation down to the upper swashplate Rubber covers protect moving and stationary shafts Swashplates, transmitting cyclic and collective pitch...
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    in altitude.[citation needed] A swashplate controls the collective and cyclic pitch of the main blades. The swashplate moves up and down, along the main...
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  • ROTOR(S) -00 General -10 Rotor blades -20 Rotor head(s) -30 Rotor Shaft(s)/Swashplate Assies -40 Indicating 63 ROTOR DRIVE(S) -00 General -10 Engine/Gearbox...
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  • Hydraulic drive system § Hydraulic cylinder, using hydraulic rams acting on a swashplate or crank to convert the fluid pressure into rotation Hydrokinetic transmission...
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    form of a variable-displacement axial piston pump with a variable-angle swashplate. A cone CVT varies the drive ratio by moving a wheel or belt along the...
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    length of a three cylinder radial engine. Later, the swashplate engine with an adjustable swashplate angle would become a popular way to make variable stroke...
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    displacement units, the cam is movable and commonly referred to as a swashplate, yoke or hanger. For conceptual purposes, the cam can be represented by...
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    desmodromic cam driven via a push/pull rod from an eccentric shaft or swashplate. It is unknown if any working prototype was ever made. Fiat was the first...
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    employs a variable displacement axial piston pump with a variable-angle swashplate. Prior to the DN-01, this type of system had not been used in road-going...
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  • layers in machine parts which are subject to wear such as bearings and swashplates. Bismuth-tin bronze is not easily corrosive to water; preliminary bismuth...
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    to a rotating movement via a connecting rod and a crankshaft or by a swashplate or other suitable mechanism. A flywheel is often used to ensure smooth...
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    Salads Meat mixes Juice concentrate Chocolate Paint Superior solids handling Powerful suction with low shear Little damage to product Swashplate engine...
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    Connecticut, for producing CH-53K parts, such as the rotating and stationary swashplates, main and tail rotor hubs, and main rotor sleeves. On 3 August 2010,...
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    fly like a helicopter, cyclic forces being applied to a conventional swashplate at the rotor hub. With the nacelles in airplane mode (0°) the flaperons...
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  • should not be confused with the contemporary Michell engine, which was a swashplate engine. The Michel engine was a two-stroke diesel engine, of piston-ported...
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