SCOPIC (Shaft Controlled Pitch Change) Technology
U.S. Pat. Pending
The future of rotor hub mechanics. SCOPIC represents a major leap forward in rotor hub mechanics, a software-defined virtual swashplate that delivers collective and/or cyclic pitch control using nothing more than driveshafts and drive motors — no swashplates, actuators, linkages, or complex mechanisms required...
- Software defined virtual swashplate
- No swashplates or linkages.
- No slip rings or "fly by wire" actuators. just drive motors.
- Cyclic and/or collective pitch control is achieved through coaxial driveshafts.
- IBC (Individual blade control) capable, both in pitch and lead-lag.
- For rotary-wing, fixed-wing, tiltrotor, eVTOL aircraft and watercraft. Essentially any system with spinning rotors.
- Regenerative braking provides pitch control for autorotation and other externally driven applications like hydroelectric and wind powered generators.
- Individual rotors may continue to operate as fixed pitch rotors in the event of a motor failure.
Variable/Collective Pitch Rotor System
- Two direct drive motors drive two coaxial driveshafts.
- Driveshafts control pitch of two or more primary rotors.
- Corotation of motors drives rotor system.
- Non-corotation of motors alters blade pitch.
Cyclic Pitch Rotor System
- Two direct drive motors drive two coaxial driveshafts.
- Driveshafts control pitch of one primary rotor which is coupled to a secondary rotor.
- Corotation of motors drives rotor system.
- Non-corotation of motors alters blade pitch.
Collective and Cyclic Pitch Rotor System
- Four direct drive motors drive four coaxial driveshafts.
- Driveshafts control pitch of two completely independent primary rotors.
- Corotation of motors drives rotor system.
- Non-corotation of motors alters blade pitch.
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