Timeline for Can a Stewart Platform be used instead of a swash-plate assembly in a helicopter? What are the pros and cons?
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| Jun 11, 2018 at 17:33 | comment | added | Walker | Enstrom helicopters use the Universal (Hookes) Joint design. Control feedback not as well mitigated with this design. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 6:28 | comment | added | Zeus | @user31222, theoretically everything is feasible, but why? Just think: Stewart platform is a 6-DoF machine, while the swashplate is 3-DoF (plus each needs to pass continuous rotation). It's an order of magnitude more complexity, and what for? | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 15:05 | vote | accept | user31222 | ||
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| Jun 7, 2018 at 15:03 | comment | added | user31222 | I have read both the wikipedia article and the LADDM paper. I wanted to know if it would be feasible to use this mechanism in a helicopter to tilt the rotor head and if not why? | |
| Jun 7, 2018 at 13:39 | history | answered | CrossRoads | CC BY-SA 4.0 |