Talk:BERP rotor

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Rewrite introduction to define BERP sooner
The introductory statement for any article should begin with a simple definition of the topic.

That's not currently the case in this article, which begins with a bit of history, not defining BERP until the end of the first paragraph (and even then, it's design goals, not physics/aeronautics):

The BERP rotor blade design was developed under the British Experimental Rotor Programme. The initial BERP rotor blades were developed in the late 1970s to mid-1980s as a joint venture programme between Westland Helicopters and the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), with Professor Martin Lowson as a co-patentee.[1] The goal was to increase the helicopters lifting-capability and maximum speed using new designs and materials.

It's tempting to use this structure because "British Experimental Rotor Programme" appears closely after "BERP", and one likes to have definitions follow closely after acronyms. (One likes to have the definition in parentheses immediately following the acronym, but that construction feels very awkward here.)

But resist temptation, the acronym will wait. The important to define immediately: What is BERP? What does it do, what makes it work?

Something like:

The BERP rotor blade is a helicopter rotor design which increases lifting-capability and maximum speed by (VERY SHORT TECH STATEMENT). It was developed under the British Experimental Rotor Programme (BERP) during the late 1970s to mid-1980s as a joint venture programme between Westland Helicopters and the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), with Professor Martin Lowson as a co-patentee.

I will leave the VERY SHORT TECH STATEMENT to someone else, or maybe I'll tackle it another time.

Karl gregory jones (talk) 00:26, 28 November 2018 (UTC)