How to Use rotor in a Sentence
rotor
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The pilot kept the rotors on to hold the copter on the icy shelf.
—Author: John Branch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
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Those bolts clamp blades to the rotor and bear the stress of wind and motion.
—The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 27 Aug. 2022
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Put the pads and bracket back over the rotor and reinsert the bolts.
—Jeff Dengate, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
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Most cars have a disk (called a rotor) attached to the wheel.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
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The Blackhawk has a rotor section on top and in the back.
—David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2021
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For disc brakes, remember to bed in the new pads to the rotor.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 29 Mar. 2021
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The brakes are hydraulic disks at the front and vented rotors at the rear.
—New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
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For disc brakes that means pads and rotors, and for drum brakes that means shoes and drums.
—Matt Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2018
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Soon the rotors began and Marc felt his heart shake as the steel beast hummed to life.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2017
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The damage suggests the rotor hit the surface on the way down.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2024
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As a result, the helicopter’s rotor struck the flight deck and the aircraft crashed over the side of the ship.
—Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2021
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In the video above, the laser burns through the plastic arm holding one of the four sets of rotors on a quadcopter.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2017
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The rotor roared above the Sonoran desert, kicking up dust and wind.
—Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 June 2018
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So the rotors push the air down and increase the air-momentum.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 4 July 2018
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Chopper would be about the size of an SUV, with six rotors, each with six blades.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
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Among the pieces still missing are the Black Hawk’s right engine and tail rotor.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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But the wave rotor is not the only unique thing about Gosse’s spaceship.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
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As the noise from the rotors faded, the firefight began.
—Tristan McConnell, GQ, 16 Apr. 2018
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The sound of the vast rotors rippled through the air tossing up the lagoon’s waters in a misty haze.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Strain on rotor shaft The torque meter measures the strain on the rotor shaft.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
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As two of them jumped out to secure the aircraft, they were hit and killed by its rotor blades.
—Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2021
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The main and tail rotors on the aircraft are the danger zones on the ground, with the pilot standing nearby the whirling blades.
—Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 16 Aug. 2017
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This protects the drone, its rotors, and the mental state of any would-be drone pilots.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2017
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Given the physics of flying there, a rotor that size can’t lift more than 4 pounds here on Earth.
—John Kennedy, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2019
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Forward thrust makes the rotor blades spin, and the blades alone provide lift and control.
—Kevin V. Brown, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2021
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The crash was blamed on the tail rotor hitting a tree, the station reported.
—Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 3 May 2018
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Its rotor, which provides lift, spins freely without the help of the engine.
—Chris Boyette, CNN, 30 July 2023
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The effort to find the right engine and tail rotor from the Black Hawk continues, the agency said.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Video of the event shows the tank seen from close range by an FPV (distinguished by rotor blades in the field of view at :02- :05 seconds).
—David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Then the main rotor is about hundred yards beyond that.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2020
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