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Swash Plate Drive

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A disk with adjustable inclination (swash plate) is attached to a rotating shaft. Rods, aligned with the axis, move back and forth as the disk rotates. This arrangement is used to drive pistons and to adjust the angle of helicopter rotor blades.

Contributed by: Sándor Kabai (October 2007)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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