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Meanings of rotor blades in inglés

ruso
несущий винт
español
rotor de helicoptero
catalán
rotor d'helicòpter

Rotary wings and control system that generates the lift and thrust for a helicopter.

rotor de helicoptero
Usage of rotor blades in inglés
1
Something about the thwop of the rotor blades must have lulled her.
Snow Crash
2
And then the welcoming thrum of helicopter rotor blades filled the air.
The bone chamber
3
Even the clumsy rotor blades of the old helicopters had been banished.
Childhood's End
4
The sudden, total deceleration ripped the rotor blades away from the helicopter.
The accident man
5
God, her heart was booming as loud as the rotor blades.
Dark rivers of the heart
6
The rhythmic thwack of rotor blades receded as it disappeared over the ridgeline.
The charlemagne pursuit
7
Everyone except Maria Chen duck-walked out of the range of the rotor blades.
Carrion comfort
8
The motor changed pitch, the prop hummed, the rotor blades cut the air.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
9
But for standard choppers, rotor blades compensate by being flexible.
Wired
10
The Sikorsky S-92 helicopter stood waiting, its huge rotor blades now at full speed.
Meltdown
11
Again, the rotor blades were making that growling steel-drum sound.
Quantico
12
Its rotor blades spread themselves apart, like a butterfly unfolding.
Snow Crash
13
It has guards around the rotor blades to minimize rotor-strike.
Reuters
14
Giant pistons thumped, and rotor blades carved scythe-like through whatever surface fell beneath their blades.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
15
Saul could hear rotor blades more clearly now, high and to the south but coming closer.
Carrion comfort
16
What bragging rights?' Lock asked, struggling to be heard above the thud of the rotor blades.
Lockdown