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In article , J.Kahn says...
Why wouldn't it auto rotate?... The blades are no different than a gyrocopter's fixed blades and they autorotate... I can confidently predict that like Moeller's Skycar they will still be pitching it to "investors" for years to come... PT Barnum was a genius.. The gyrocopter is always in a state of autorotation, that is the flow goes thru the rotor from the bottom to the top.A helicopter goes from the top thru the bottom .So in order to change flow direction and autorotate the pitch must be changed . In a fix pitch design this cant be done .So in the event of an engine failure the royor(s) will slow down and lose lift. Chuck (ex Scheutzow Helicopter employee) S But not before our ignorant media convinces a few people to buy them... I'm sure if they advertize on ANN zoom would give it rave reviews and a puff piece on how well it flys. That's what he has done before. See ya Chuck S |
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