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To: Jewbacca

The trade off is they tend to be slower and taller and have a pretty complex transmission.

Not all coaxial rotors are slower. A coaxial design solves the retreating blade problem at high speed.

12 posted on 04/09/2015 10:21:02 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)

To: Yo-Yo

Look at the prop in the back (and the tail and the shape of the fuselage). That’s 1/2 an airplane.

13 posted on 04/09/2015 1:10:18 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)

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