Tidal Bladed Knowledge Base

Pre-cone definition
Category: Model Building - Blades

Problem

How is the pre-cone defined in Bladed?

Solution

The pre-cone is an additional rotation of the blade, outboard of the pitch bearing, as illustrated below.

With the blade at zero pitch position, the axis of pre-cone rotation is the same as the axis for cone rotation.

Note that without blade pre-cone, the blade root Z axis and the pitch axis are identical.






Keywords Cone, Pre-cone, pre cone