- Look up
rotor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rotor may
refer to:
Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an
alternator or
electric motor, operating...
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ROTOR was an
elaborate air
defence radar system built by the
British Government in the
early 1950s to
counter possible attack by
Soviet bombers. To get...
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R.O.T.O.R. (also
known as Blue
Steel and
R.O.T.O.R.:
Police Force) is a 1987
American science fiction action film
starring Richard Gesswein,
Jayne Smith...
- On a helicopter, the main
rotor or
rotor system is the
combination of
several rotary wings (
rotor blades) with a
control system, that
generates the aerodynamic...
- The
rotor is a
moving component of an
electromagnetic system in the
electric motor,
electric generator, or alternator. Its
rotation is due to the interaction...
- A transverse-
rotor aircraft is an
aircraft with two
large horizontal rotor ****emblies
mounted side by side. Single-
rotor helicopters (unicopters) need...
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rotor kite or
gyrokite is an unpowered, rotary-wing aircraft. Like an
autogyro or helicopter, it
relies on lift
created by one or more sets of
rotors...
- In rotordynamics, the
rigid rotor is a
mechanical model of
rotating systems. An
arbitrary rigid rotor is a 3-dimensional
rigid object, such as a top....
- A
rotor ship is a type of ship
designed to use the
Magnus effect for propulsion. The ship is propelled, at
least in part, by
large powered vertical rotors...
- A
rotor wing is a
lifting rotor or wing
which spins to
provide aerodynamic lift. In general, a
rotor may spin
about an axis
which is
aligned substantially...
