Journey to HX50 | Episode 34: Building the Main Rotor System

[@stachowi]

This is thing is going to be unreal. I can't wait to own one of these.

[@pilotpeego1820]

Wow! Nice to see HX50 taking shape.

[@sheepdog1102]

Can not wait to see one in the air it’s going to be fantastic!😊

[@BoBo-SpackleMunkey]

I'm chopping at the bit to get mine!

[@vandavis000]

I love that type tail rotor , kinda reminds me of the Eurocopter/Airbus tail rotor all inclosed. So if tail impact your tail rotor doesnt bash the ground.😊

[@kevingallen1678]

At this rate I won’t live long enough to see it fly!

[@CalebO587]

Very cool to see the surface patch layout in Autodesk Alias; no spans in sight!

[@ipemidayo]

What CAD/CAE/CAM tool(s) are you using sir?

[@adr1uno638]

Can someone explain me the feature of the central sliding disc that seems to affect the flaping of the blades ?

[@brianb-p6586]

Do you mean the swashplate? Don't expect a video like this, or comments by other viewers, to explain the most basic and fundamental aspects of helicopter design... but now you have the keyword for a search to learn about the "swashplate" in a rotor system.

[@adr1uno638]

@@brianb-p6586 Not the swashplate, I was talking about the Pink plate at 0:15 and you see it at 4:12. It is located upper than the Swashplate and on another video, we see that the blades have a contact surface with this plate and seems to counter act other blades by pushing on it. Never seen this on other rotors before

[@brianb-p6586]

Interesting,@@adr1uno638. I assume that it is structural, rather than being a controlling element. If I'm looking at the same component, it looks like this ring (rather than disk) with an I-beam cross section and holes through the web is the lowest element above the control fork at 5:17, and the highest ring-shaped element at 5:34 and lowest element at 5:40. When a blade root is moved at 5:20 the ring doesn't appear to affect pitch or flap motion, but perhaps only due to the limited travel or the incomplete hub assembly in this case. Given Hill's "use proven designs" approach this must be a conventional component, but I do not know what it is.

[@sinfulcoin]

How do you get around patent infringement or IP ownership on this project? Wasn't Bell sued into oblivion by Airbus for something so simple as the skid design?

[@IsaacWarrenMurrell]

Let's see some blades!

[@AC-jk8wq]

Dr. Hill, Who on the team… Has what background… To identify all of the proven systems… And bring them all together…? It seems, from the outside, that you have a very experienced team… There are so many parts that interact with each other, being a few mil off on one part design, is going to affect several other parts… Remaking parts to prove a different design… is beyond large corporate expensive! I searched around your website… but didn’t find the team background… Can you point me in the right direction? Best regards… 😃

[@bibowang8057]

the heli will fly a thousand years later,trust me

[@SsgtMcNasty1]

I see a preflight nightmare. What I don't see is anything that actually functions.

[@brianb-p6586]

"Revolutionized product"? Fluency in English is apparently not a required skill for helicopter design and manufacturing.