Titanium or composites. There are also steel and aluminum rotors.
They were aluminium
The rotors are used for lift and thrust on a helicopter.
Just looking at the gyrations of the helicopter rotors made me dizzy.
Because at present rotors are more efficient
it is probably 1-3 feet depending on the helicopter
That is the Chinook.
READ THIS - GOOD INFORMATION The wings of an airplane and the rotors of a helicopter both help the object fly. Without those the object could not fly because the wings of an airplane have wind going past it which keeps the airplane in the air. The rotors of a helicopter spin in the wind and help the helicopter fly.
Helicopters do not have any wings. Airplanes have wings Helicopter has rotors. A helicopter has at least two sets of rotors. One rotor creates lift ( Main Rotor on the top ) & the other prevents the helicopter from spinning in circles( Tail Rotor).
The rotors on a helicopter are slanted and shaped so that when the rotors spin air slips right under the rotor and get pushed down therefore creating lift.
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Propellors are on airplanes. Helicopters call them rotors. The small rotor on the back of the helicopter is used to counteract the torque created from the engine driving the main rotors.
Just looking at the gyrations of the helicopter rotors made me dizzy. Gyration= circular or spiraling motion