Fenestron

<h2 id="history">History</h2>

The concept of the Fenestron was first patented in Great Britain by the <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glaswegian</a> engineering company <a href="/facts/Weir_Group/B3TCVlnj">G. & J. Weir Ltd</a>. It was designed by British <a href="/facts/Aerospace_engineer/2Ib02w7f">aeronautical engineer</a> <a href="/facts/C._G._Pullin/d0XMTBb1">C. G. Pullin</a> as an improvement to helicopters in British patent number 572417, and is registered as having been filed during May 1943. At that time, Weir had been participated in development work for the <a href="/facts/Cierva_Autogiro_Company/X2LoyUN5">Cierva Autogiro Company</a>, who was the <a href="/facts/Holding_company/nBGIp6rU">holding company</a> for the patent.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> In concept, the invention was to function as a viable replacement for the conventional tail rotor arrangement, aiming to produce improvements in both safety and performance upon such equipped rotorcraft.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> However, this early work in Britain would not directly lead to any released product by Cierva making use of this innovation. Instead, the Fenestron would only be further developed during the 1960s by an unrelated company.
The Fenestron was first practically applied by the French aircraft manufacturer <a href="/facts/Sud_Aviation/t0Ic5FyH">Sud Aviation</a>, who had decided to introduce it upon the second experimental model of their in-development <a href="/facts/A%25C3%25A9rospatiale_Gazelle/doJBtJJj">SA 340</a> (the first prototype had been furnished with a conventional anti-torque tail rotor).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> The SA 340's Fenestron was designed by French aerodynamicist Paul Fabre; unusually, this unit had its advancing blade set at the top in defiance of conventional practice, but this was reasoned to pose little impact upon this particular helicopter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a> Fitted accordingly, on 12 April 1968, the SA 340 became the first rotorcraft to fly using a Fenestron tail unit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a> Having been determined to have been satisfactory, this tail unit was retained and was put into production on a refined model of the rotorcraft, which was designated <a href="/facts/A%25C3%25A9rospatiale_Gazelle/doJBtJJj">Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>
Over time, the design and performance of the Fenestron has been improved by Sud Aviation and its successor companies, as well as by other companies. During the late 1970s, <a href="/facts/A%25C3%25A9rospatiale/styrHTdW">Aérospatiale</a> (which Sud Aviation had merged into) launched a second generation all-<a href="/facts/Composite_material/UBysQldh">composite</a> unit; it primarily featured a reversal of the blade's direction of rotation as well as adopting a 20 per cent larger diameter duct for greater efficiency.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a> This unit was fitted onto the <a href="/facts/A%25C3%25A9rospatiale_SA_360_Dauphin/lNCF8ck6">Aérospatiale SA 360 Dauphin</a>, along with its more successful <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_Dauphin/nvh86y9P">AS365 Dauphin</a> model and its derivatives. While further flight experiments were conducted using an even larger Fenestron upon an <a href="/facts/A%25C3%25A9rospatiale_SA_330_Puma/4TwqPqkX">SA 330 Puma</a> medium lift helicopter around the same time frame, it was concluded that there were practical limits to how large a helicopter such a configuration would be suited to, and production examples of the Puma retained a conventional tail rotor instead.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a>

During the 1990s, a third generation Fenestron was produced by <a href="/facts/Eurocopter/da0T5LYd">Eurocopter</a> (Aérospatiale's multinational successor), equipped with unevenly-spaced blades in order to optimize its noise levels; this unit was first fitted onto the company's <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC135/e9JQptNI">EC135</a> helicopter, and was later incorporated into the designs of the <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC130/dT7DW77K">EC130</a> and the <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC145/6LoXstkP">EC145</a>, the latter of which having original been produced for over a decade with a conventional tail rotor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a> During the 2010s, multinational helicopter manufacturer <a href="/facts/Airbus_Helicopters/da0T5LYd">Airbus Helicopters</a> (a rebranded version of the Eurocopter entity) developed the Fenestron further for their new <a href="/facts/Airbus_Helicopters_H160/0rgA9Ivq">H160</a>, a medium-twin sized rotorcraft; in this revision, the fan duct was intentionally sloped by 12 degrees to achieve improved performance and greater stability when being operated with higher payloads and flown at lower speeds.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a>
A Fenestron is normally paired with a larger vertical stabiliser unit that also performs the role of compensating for torque; this configuration has the effect of reducing wear on the Fenestron blades and <a href="/facts/Transmission_(mechanics)/eoNqAufN">transmission</a> system, which in turn leads to maintenance savings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a> Furthermore, the adoption of larger diameter units, while posing some engineering challenges, normally increases their efficiency and decreases their power requirements.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a> Advanced implementations of the Fenestron are provisioned with stators and adjustable weights in order to optimise the blades for a reduction in power required and pitch control loads imposed. During the 2010s, Airbus Helicopters stated that it expected the design of the Fenestron to continue to be refined, in order to suit rotorcraft of increasing tonnages and to enable additional innovations to be made in the field.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a>
Through multiple mergers from Sud Aviation to Airbus Helicopters, a considerable number of light, intermediate, and medium weight helicopters have used the Fenestron as an anti-torque tail rotor. Such implementations can be found on many of Eurocopter's helicopter range, such as the <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC120/f52vecIe">Eurocopter EC120 Colibri</a>, <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC130/dT7DW77K">EC130 ECO Star</a>, <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC135/e9JQptNI">EC135</a> (and <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC635/TobYPFS2">EC635</a>, the military version of the EC135), <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC145/6LoXstkP">EC145</a>, the <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_Dauphin/nvh86y9P">AS365 N/N3 Dauphin</a> (also built as the <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_HH-65_Dolphin/9FvDnR6a">HH-65 Dolphin</a>, a dedicated variant used by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Coast_Guard/6d7SWTP9">United States Coast Guard</a>, the <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_AS565_Panther/krfbUhfx">AS565 Panther</a>, a dedicated variant for military use, and the <a href="/facts/Licensed_production/Ux3VTUSI">license-built</a> <a href="/facts/Harbin_Z-9/nfu1aw83">Harbin Z-9</a>), and the enlarged <a href="/facts/Eurocopter_EC_155/DlpUhw8b">EC155</a> (a wider, heavier and more advanced version of the AS365 N/N3 series).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a>
Other than Airbus Helicopters and its predecessors, other companies have also made use of Fenestron anti-torque arrangements. One such rotorcraft was the American <a href="/facts/Boeing%2fSikorsky_RAH-66_Comanche/VuH4fRBo">Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche</a>, a <a href="/facts/Stealth_helicopter/WBzYpEHS">stealthy</a> <a href="/facts/Aerial_reconnaissance/xvWXgLKT">aerial reconnaissance</a> helicopter which was canceled in 2004. Another example is the <a href="/facts/Sikorsky_S-67_Blackhawk/byn54L8T">Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk</a>, which, in 1974, had a Fenestron for testing purposes used for 29 flight hours.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a> It was removed in August the same year. Ducted fan tail rotors have also been used in the Russian <a href="/facts/Kamov_Ka-60/uzyglKuy">Kamov Ka-60</a> medium-lift helicopter,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a> and also on the Japanese military's <a href="/facts/Kawasaki_OH-1/EljGBbmz">Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja</a> reconnaissance rotorcraft. French light helicopter manufacturer <a href="/facts/H%25C3%25A9licopt%25C3%25A8res_Guimbal/SMXk8PxE">Hélicoptères Guimbal</a> has also used a Fenestron for their <a href="/facts/Guimbal_Cabri_G2/0e45yrpr">Guimbal Cabri G2</a>, a compact reciprocating engine-powered rotorcraft.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a> Chinese <a href="/facts/Harbin_Aircraft_Industry_Group/PMyX87Hz">Harbin Aircraft Industry Group</a> use Fenestron in <a href="/facts/Harbin_Z-19/J8l5Q2lG">Z-19</a> reconnaissance/attack helicopter. American <a href="/facts/Bell_Textron/ruaDBafV">Bell Textron</a> in <a href="/facts/Bell_360_Invictus/YND6WVK2">Bell 360 Invictus</a> proposed helicopter design intended to meet the United States Army requirement for a <a href="/facts/Future_Attack_Reconnaissance_Aircraft/JYXjxYrf">Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft</a>.

<h2 id="advantages">Advantages</h2>

<ul><li>Increased <a href="/facts/Safety/jyH5HLSg">safety</a> for people on the ground because the enclosure provides peripheral protection.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30">30</a></li>
<li>Greatly reduced noise and vibration due to the enclosure of the blade tips and greater number of blades.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31">31</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32">32</a></li>
<li>A decrease in power requirements during the cruise phase of flight.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33">33</a></li>
<li>Typically lighter and smaller than conventional counterparts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34">34</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35">35</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36">36</a></li>
<li>A lower susceptibility to <a href="/facts/Foreign_object_damage/pxjTsuhq">foreign object damage</a> because the enclosure makes it less likely to suck in loose objects such as small rocks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37">37</a></li>
<li>Enhanced anti-torque control efficiency and reduction in pilot workload.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38">38</a></li>
<li>Reduced chance for the tail rotor to cause accidents, because it cannot strike the environment.</li></ul>
<h2 id="disadvantages">Disadvantages</h2>
The Fenestron's disadvantages are those common to all <a href="/facts/Ducted_fan/3MMyUhDc">ducted fans</a> when compared to propellers. They include:

<ul><li>Greater weight,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39">39</a> power requirement,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40">40</a> and air resistance brought by the enclosure;</li>
<li>Higher construction and purchasing cost.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41">41</a></li>
<li>Increase in power required during the hover phase of flight.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42">42</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/NOTAR/ntAj1w4L">NOTAR</a></li></ul>

<h3>Notes</h3>

<h3>Citations</h3>

<h3>Bibliography</h3>

<ul><li>Corda, Stephen. Introduction to Aerospace Engineering with a Flight Test Perspective. John Wiley & Sons, 2017. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-1189-5338-X.</li>
<li>Gay, Daniel. Composite Materials: Design and Applications. CRC Press, 2014. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-4665-8487-4.</li>
<li>Johnson, Wayne. "Rotorcraft Aeromechanics." Cambridge University Press, 2013. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-1073-5528-1.</li>
<li>Leishman, Gordon L. "Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics." Cambridge University Press, 2006. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-5218-5860-7.</li>
<li>Newman, Ron. The Technical, Aerodynamic & Performance Aspects of a Helicopter. BookBaby, 2015. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-4835-5878-9.</li>
<li>Prouty, Ray. Helicopter Aerodynamics Volume I. Lulu.com, 2009. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-5570-8991-3.</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fenestron.

<ul><li><a href="http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/res12e522/DATWF.html">Dave's All the World Fenestrons</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">Leishman 2006, p. 321. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">Born in Aix-en-Provence and fiercely loyal to his roots, Paul Fabre chose the name fenestrou, a Provencal word meaning small round window, to designate his shrouded rotor invention.[2] <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Prouty, Ray. Helicopter Aerodynamics, Helobooks, 1985, 2004. p. 266. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"30 Years of Innovation." fenestron.com.[permanent dead link] <a href="http://fenestron.com/site/docs_wsw/RUB_10101/pa-spe2006-02-01.pdf" target="_blank">http://fenestron.com/site/docs_wsw/RUB_10101/pa-spe2006-02-01.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Corda 2017, pp. 33–34. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Leishman 2006, p. 324. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Colonges, Monique. "History of the fenestron." Airbus Helicopters, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html" target="_blank">https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"Publication Number: 572417 - Improvements in helicopters." patentscope.wipo.int, 24 May 1943. <a href="https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=GB134486553&recNum=4&office=&queryString=FP%3A%28572417%29&prevFilter=&sortOption=Pub+Date+Desc&maxRec=8" target="_blank">https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=GB134486553&recNum=4&office=&queryString=FP%3A%28572417%29&prevFilter=&sortOption=Pub+Date+Desc&maxRec=8</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Prouty 2009, p. 266. <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Leishman 2006, p. 43. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Colonges, Monique. "History of the fenestron." Airbus Helicopters, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html" target="_blank">https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Prouty 2009, p. 267. <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">"Cabri G2 Fenestron." Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine collegeaviationdegree.com, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="http://www.collegeaviationdegree.com/cabri-g2-fenestron/" target="_blank">http://www.collegeaviationdegree.com/cabri-g2-fenestron/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">Colonges, Monique. "History of the fenestron." Airbus Helicopters, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html" target="_blank">https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:19">"Fenestron, the Origins: Episode One." Airbus Helicopters, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AirbusHelicopters/videos/694418057348459/?hc_ref=ARTAGWQQfTudFLEVKsr5nAm5JWE9J_Q3SkUWKY0jhVSfX761KAMk90yHfPmIieuLrdA" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/AirbusHelicopters/videos/694418057348459/?hc_ref=ARTAGWQQfTudFLEVKsr5nAm5JWE9J_Q3SkUWKY0jhVSfX761KAMk90yHfPmIieuLrdA</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">"Airbus Helicopters’ new EC145 T2 is certified." Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Airbus Helicopters, 17 April 2014. <a href="http://www.helicopters.airbus.com/website/en/press/Airbus%20Helicopters%E2%80%99%20new%20EC145%20T2%20is%20certified:%20Deliveries%20of%20mission-ready%20rotorcraft%20to%20begin%20in%20the%20third%20quarter_1459.html" target="_blank">http://www.helicopters.airbus.com/website/en/press/Airbus%20Helicopters%E2%80%99%20new%20EC145%20T2%20is%20certified:%20Deliveries%20of%20mission-ready%20rotorcraft%20to%20begin%20in%20the%20third%20quarter_1459.html</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:21">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:22">Prouty 2009, p. 267. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:23">Prouty 2009, pp. 266–267. <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:24">Colonges, Monique. "History of the fenestron." Airbus Helicopters, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html" target="_blank">https://www.airbushelicopters.com/w1/jrotor/72/story57.html</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:25">Prouty 2009, pp. 266–267. <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:26">Apostolo 1984, p. 89. <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:27">Leishman 2006, p. 46. <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:28">"Cabri G2 Fenestron." Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine collegeaviationdegree.com, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="http://www.collegeaviationdegree.com/cabri-g2-fenestron/" target="_blank">http://www.collegeaviationdegree.com/cabri-g2-fenestron/</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:29">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:30">Gey 2004, p. 180. <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:31">Huber, Mike. "The Fenestron Turns 50." AIN Online, 12 April 2018. <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50" target="_blank">https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-04-12/fenestron-turns-50</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:32">Gey 2004, p. 180. <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:33">Newman 2005, [page needed] <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" target="_blank">/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:34">Leishman 2006, pp. 315, 321. <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:35">Prouty 2009, p. 266. <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:36">A computational simulation has suggested that the maximum achievable thrust of a Fenestron is twice as high and at identical power, thrust was slightly greater than for a conventional rotor of the same diameter.[21] <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:37">"Cabri G2 Fenestron." Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine collegeaviationdegree.com, Retrieved: 16 April 2018. <a href="http://www.collegeaviationdegree.com/cabri-g2-fenestron/" target="_blank">http://www.collegeaviationdegree.com/cabri-g2-fenestron/</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:38">"More innovation with Eurocopter's signature tail rotor" Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Airbus Helicopters, 8 March 2011. <a href="http://www.helicopters.airbus.com/website/en/press/The%20EC145%20T2%27s%20New%20Fenestron_91.html" target="_blank">http://www.helicopters.airbus.com/website/en/press/The%20EC145%20T2%27s%20New%20Fenestron_91.html</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:39">Corda 2017, p. 34. <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:40">Johnson 2013, p. 282. <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:41">Newman 2005, [page needed] <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" target="_blank">/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:42">Newman 2005, [page needed] <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" target="_blank">/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources</a> <a href="#fnref:42" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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