Tiltrotor Drive System

A video showing an animation of the drive system and the pylon conversion system of a tiltrotor. If you like this content, please consider supporting this channel. You can contribute here: https://buymeacoffee.com/bzig References: [TSB Bell 206 failure](https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-re...) [Sprag Clutch Failure Mechanisms Guide](https://www.gmnbt.com/resources/guide...) AW-609 Autorotation https://www.helis.com/database/news/a... https://www.leonardo.com/en/press-rel... NASA Technical Report The History of the XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft" Maisel, Giulianetti, Dugan, NASA, 2000 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000... Image Credits [BA 609, Dmitry Mottl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) [Bell XV-3, San Diego Air & Space Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) 00:00 Intro 00:51 Overview of a Tiltrotor 03:37 Pylon Conversion System 04:41 Drive System 06:26 Proprotor Gearboxes 10:03 Tilt Axis Gearboxes 11:18 Pylon Drive Shaft 11:30 Interconnect Drive Shaft 12:48 Midwing Gearbox 13:41 Engine Failures 17:24 Sprag Clutch 21:10 Safety Critical Systems Outro