swashplate

The British development will use Selex Galileo's so-called swashplate architecture, which allows the radar's angled antenna to be rotated.

News From DefenseNews.com ANDREW CHUTER 2010

The British development will use Selex Galileo's so-called swashplate architecture, which allows the radar's angled antenna to be rotated.

News From DefenseNews.com ANDREW CHUTER 2010

EADS Military Air Systems SVP of engineering Peter Gutsmiedl was reportedly talking about the option of adding small AESA side arrays, an azimuth gimbal, or even a canted AESA "swashplate" fitted to a rotating mount, inside a canted antenna.

Defense Industry Daily 2009

EADS Military Air Systems SVP of engineering Peter Gutsmiedl was reportedly talking about the option of adding small AESA side arrays, an azimuth gimbal, or even a canted AESA "swashplate" fitted to a rotating mount, inside a canted antenna.

Defense Industry Daily 2009

"swashplate" radar, a canted antenna on a rotating mount.

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During OPEVAL, the Ospreys flown by the MOTT had suffered twenty-seven failures of swashplate actuators, mechanical devices that raise and lower the pitch, or angle, of rotor blades, his report noted.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

A new caution posts: CRITICAL SWPL FAULT—“critical swashplate fault.”

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

Now, in the left nacelle, only Hydraulic System Two is powering the swashplate actuators.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

Now, in the left nacelle, only Hydraulic System Two is powering the swashplate actuators.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

It powers sensors that measure vibration and other stresses on the rotor head and swashplate actuators and warn if they are exceeding their limits.

The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010