The control complexity is due to the mechanical complexity of the swashplate, which translates control inputs into both collective and cyclical changes in the angle of attack of the rotor blades.

Denmark’s Danfoss Power Solutions has launched its X1P family of open-circuit piston pumps, built on the all-new X1 platform.

A high-powered panel found that a swashplate fracture caused the coast guard ALH crash at Porbandar in Gujarat on January 5, but a question mark hangs over the reason for the breakdown of the ...