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> I've actually flown helicopters, and it's not that hard. When all helicopters are quad, tailless, designs flying will be much easier.
by mchahn 8y ago
> I've actually flown helicopters, and it's not that hard.
When all helicopters are quad, tailless, designs flying will be much easier.
- dreamcompiler 8y agoGood point. However big quads can't work exactly like little quads. They'll still need collective pitch, which is mechanically more complicated than just throttling rotor power the way little quads do it. Big rotors cannot change RPM quick enough to keep the thing stable. (I expect people are trying, but it's gonna take huge power fluxes to make it work. Easier just to build collective controls.)