US Patent 10443390 Rotary airfoil

A rotary airfoil in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil includes opposed pressure and suction sides joined together at chordally opposite leading and trailing edges. The pressure and suction sides extend in a span direction from a root to a tip. An axial component of a center of gravity of a cross-section taken chordally toward the tip of the airfoil being upstream relative to an axial component of a center of gravity of a cross-section taken chordally toward the root of the airfoil. A method for forming such blade is also presented.