Helicopter Swashplates - This Is How They Work!

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The swashplate on a helicopter is what makes the helicopter a helicopter! Without this simple, yet ingenious component a helicopter would never be able to fly.
In this video I'm going to show you how it works.
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@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

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@flaviocavalcante9062 Год назад

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@PilotTeacher Год назад

@@flaviocavalcante9062 then my course will help you tremendously!

@Encroissantdoui 10 месяцев назад

Such an underrated video, the only one I managed to understand after 1 hour of researching on how gyroscopic precession affect swash plate

@PilotTeacher 10 месяцев назад

Glad it could help!!

@hermajs 3 года назад

Thank you so much for all the videos you are making. It is really great and inspiring content. One comment about a factual mistake in this video that might be miss-leading for people researching this. The gyroscopic precession is always 90 degrees. As you have mentioned the movement of the swashplate is partially adjusted for this. The important information though is that the blade pitch link location ensures the rest of this position adjustment all the way to the needed 90 degrees. Thus if you move your cyclic forward the blade will move the most when it is 90 degrees to the left from the front of the heli (CW rotor direction). Other than this the explanation was spot on and thank you for it.

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

@hermajs Great Observation, but there is a little more to it than may first seem. I was also under the impression many years ago that gyroscopic precession happened 90° later until I stumbled across 2 forum threads on the subject with posts from some of our industries greatest helicopter minds. Teetering rotor heads like that on Robinson's and Bell's will show close to a 90° precession, but with fully articulated and rigid rotorheads the same is not true. In my video I noted the offset on the Astar was around 20-30°, I did get this wrong as it was the other way from 90°, as in 70-80° offset but I'm unable to alter the video. If you want to read the two great forums threads on the matter, you can find them here: helicopterforum.verticalreference.com/topic/5280-a-closer-look-at-gyroscopic-precession/ www.pprune.org/rotorheads/19678-helicopter-dynamics-gyroscopic-precession.html I hope this helps clear up any confusion and thanks for your input. It's a pity RU-vid does not allow you to make any alterations without affecting a videos history. Maybe one day I will do a video on the subject but its a real tough one to make to explain clearly!! Rick

@suresh1957 8 месяцев назад

Very lucidly explained !

@miguelbarajas5864 2 года назад

Pilot Teacher thank you for your videos. The way you explain and answer questions in a manner anyone can understand is super helpful.

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

Thanks Miguel, Im glad you find them helpful!

@ronjon7942 4 месяца назад

Eureka! Swash plate demystified. Thank you, and nice work.

@PilotTeacher 4 месяца назад

Thank you Ron. Im glad you found it helpful!

@pdx650 8 месяцев назад

PT, I have disassembled and reassemble CH-47 Chinook rotorheads and swashplates. More rotorheads than swashplates. A couple UH-1 (N) swashplates, too. AH-64 Apache maintainer as well. Thoroughly enjoyed the work.

@PilotTeacher 8 месяцев назад

If you want a rotorhead to blow your mind have a look at the Kamovs with the contra-rotating rotors!! 🤯

@flycow69 Год назад

Honestly you are a genuine Pilot Teacher for a fix wing pilot working on getting a rotor craft ticket. Thank you for your awesome content.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Thanks for your kind words Frank! They are most appreciated.

@samspade8612 Год назад

Excellent video not too technical, easy to grasp the swash plate concept.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Hughes500 3 года назад

Genius piece of engineering alright. Still does my head in trying to imagine how it all happens while rotating so fast. I would love to know the maintenance regime on something as critical as that.

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

If that swashplate blows your mind, check out the rotorhead of the Kamov KA-32!! For the Astar, the swashplate is inspected by me during every daily inspection before flight, then it is cleaned and inspected by maintenance every 100 hours, 300hours and 600hours or 24 months. If excessive wear or play is found they will investigate further and replace as necessary.

@pdx650 8 месяцев назад

The Kamov Contra-rotating rotorhead and swashplates. How about the Kaman K-MAX. That is an interesting piece too.@@PilotTeacher

@Ratlins9 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, superb video with excellent explanation of each part of the swashplate as well as visually referencing it .

@pierre-xr4bp 3 месяца назад

Very interesting

@zedmanZ9 10 месяцев назад

Just what I was looking for! Outstanding😊

@subhamajumder6180 Год назад

Thank you sir 😊

@PilotTeacher Год назад

You’re welcome Subha.

@davidcampbell8048 Год назад

Thank you for the excellent, clear and focused explanation of helicopter mechanics!

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it David!

@jamiejazzy 5 месяцев назад

Very well explained🫶thank you!!👊

@PilotTeacher 5 месяцев назад

You’re welcome Jamie!

@dartanyanstar532 2 года назад

OK, I may be severely mistaken as I am just an enthusiast and I have not gotten to study this as a profession yet. To my understanding whenever dealing with gyroscopic procession the resulting motion is always expressed 90ﾟ after the applied force. I think that if you lineup is up where the servo is attached to the fixed swash plate and the corresponding PC link You will see that the blade will be affected 90ﾟ prior to the resulting motion. You have to remember that The PC link is attached to the rotor blade forward of the pivoting point. Now again if I am wrong I would really like to be corrected I do not Intend to say that I know better and I know better and I am really looking for the conversation or correction to my knowledge.

@dartanyanstar532 2 года назад

So to add more description given that this helicopter has a clockwise rotating rotorhead my understanding is that in order to create forward movement You would actually create the largest differential between the relative wind and the chord line on The right or receding side of the roader disk

@Banaawa Год назад

So interesting

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@aviationalphabet6193 Год назад

Thanks a lot for the informative video sir...your explanation is simply awesome

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Im glad you found it helpful!

@flaviocavalcante9062 Год назад

That's very useful those informations,very good 👍

@PilotTeacher Год назад

I’m glad you enjoyed it Flavio!

@fachrucoper 3 года назад

I like this content, hopefully there will be more interesting content👍👍

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

Thanks Fachru! Lots of other great videos on my channel if you take a look around. New videos coming all the time!

@MrMauro9101 2 года назад

this is another good video and explanation, the question, when you said that you raise the collective and them it just the pitch angle. however, the question is, when you rise o lower the collective, does that actually also change the RMP of the engine or inject more fuel? or just adjust de blade angle. and how you increase the rpm of the engine? thanks.

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

It does both. It is known as a correlator and it can be done with mechnical linkages or a digital motor control if the engine has a digital fuel control system. This video might help: How Does A Helicopter Engine Work? A Complete Guided Tour From The Pilot! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JFusNq0NKNI.html

@MrMauro9101 2 года назад

Thank you so much.

@_creare_2742 Год назад

my god the number of ads

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Yeah RU-vid is getting bad!

@_creare_2742 Год назад

@@PilotTeacher You should really decrease them manually and not let youtube auto fill them. They extra money you get cant be worth tanking your watch time.

@godsvendetta117 6 месяцев назад

What does the rubber boot do?

@PilotTeacher 6 месяцев назад

Stops dust and debris getting into the upper mast bearing. The H125 has a different bearing type and does not have the boot.

@godsvendetta117 6 месяцев назад

@@PilotTeacher thanks for the quick reply. That's what I thought it was for. I used to work on H60s and don't recall a rubber boot on the swashplate.

@PilotTeacher 6 месяцев назад

@@godsvendetta117 it all depends on the machine.

@MindWord4U 9 месяцев назад

Sometimes, I wonder that why USA engineers why they would not create UFOs design is real . I think UFO could instead helicopter is more better much . They can do F35 that meant that they can create UFO as what they wanted