Difference between revisions of "Variable-pitch blade"

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A blade for which the blade pitch can be varied within limits while the rotor is turning, in order to control the speed of the rotor.


Note: This action is called blade pitch control.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)