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To: BradyLS

The coaxial counter-rotating blades eliminate the need for a tail rotor but the main stack is mechanically complex. I have a small fleet of indoor RC helicopters with coaxial rotors. Cheap and fun to fly!

The “Design Considerations” section outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_rotors


16 posted on 05/07/2018 9:59:36 PM PDT by Dexter Morgan (Everyone hides who they are.)
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To: Dexter Morgan; BradyLS

One of the proposals for the Army Future Vertical Lift contract is this one from Sikorsky:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky-Boeing_SB-1_Defiant

It’s a pusher prop heli with contra-rotating blades.


26 posted on 05/07/2018 11:14:50 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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