Rotor blade control and mounting apparatus for rotary wing aircraft

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ROTOR BLADE CONTROL AND MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: SUPPORT STRUCTURE; ROTOR MAST MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ROTATION ABOUT A FIRST AXIS; PIVOTAL MEANS CARRIED BY SAID MAST MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A SECOND AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID FIRST AXIS; A PLURALITY OF ROTOR BLADES; MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID BLADES TO SAID PIVOTAL MEANS FOR FLAPPING OF SAID BLADES; A PAIR OF LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID BLADES TO SAID ROTOR MAST MEANS FOR ROTATIVE ADJUSTMENT OF SAID BLADES ABOUT THEIR AXES, SAID LINKAGE MEANS BEING ARTICULATED TO PERMIT SAID FLAPPING; INERTIA MEANS ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND MOUNTED FOR UNIVERSAL TILTING ABOUT SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND SAID MAST MEANS; A PAIR OF MEANS CONNECTED, RESPECTIVELY, BETWEEN SAID INERTIA MEANS AND SAID PAIR OF LINKAGE MEANS WHEREBY SAID INERTIA MEANS IS ROTATED BY SAID LINKAGE MEANS UPON ROTATION OF SAID MAST MEANS; AND CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INERTIA MEANS AND OPERATIVE TO ALTER THE PLANE OF ROTATION OF SAID INERTIA MEANS TO THEREBY ALTER THE PITCH ADJUSTMENT OF SAID BLADES.