rotor blades
Spinning lift surfaces
Rotor blades are the rotating airfoils on a helicopter or similar aircraft that generate lift.
They spin around a central hub, functioning like rotating wings.
The term also applies to the blades of wind turbines, jet engines, and other rotating machinery: The helicopter's rotor blades began to spin.
- rotorcraftAircraft lifted by blades
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- news chopperAircraft broadcasting live coverage
- wind turbineKinetic air energy converter
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- windmillsDutch windmills, tower mill, sails, millstone, traditional windmills
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
- helicopter partsblade, cockpit, fuselage, mast, collective
- wind powerwind turbine, wind energy, wind power, wind speed, offshore wind
- turbinesturbine blade, gas turbine, steam turbine, wind turbine, water turbine
- airfoilsailerons, flaps, slats, elevators, spoilers