Carson Helicopters is experienced in designing, certifying and manufacturing helicopter main and tail rotor blades.

Our helicopter rotor retrofit blades include high twist distributions, swept-tapered tips and modern airfoils to dramatically improve the performance of legacy aircraft.

Our capabilities include bringing a rotor blade project through preliminary design, prototyping, ground test, flight test certification and manufacturing.

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Carson’s recent Composite rotor blade experience consists of certified composite main and tail rotor blades for the S-61 helicopter. Our S-61 main rotor blades has been certified by the FAA for a 1,700 lb improvement in lift compared to the original metal blades.

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Our facilities include a composite fabrication shop, a fatigue test rig capable of testing blade segments up to 30 ft in length, a CNC machine shop, Ovens, a Heated press, automatic ply cutting, and a large material freezer enabling Carson to quickly internally develop rotor blades.