That was a shockingly controlled landing for an unpowered vehicle. Very impressive! > Here you go - drops slightly slower than a brick. The glide ratio of a b

That was a shockingly controlled landing for an unpowered vehicle. Very impressive! > Here you go - drops slightly slower than a brick. The glide ratio of a brick, even if it is initially traveling at 80 KIAS is ... 0:1. This is the same glide ratio that an unpowered quadcopter would have. Bell 206B, Robinson R44, and R22 all list their unpowered autorotation glide ratios at 4:1 - that is a mathematically infinite multiplier of performance vs. a brick. https://robinsonstrapistorprod.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/assets/r22_poh_full_book_b79e920713.pdf https://robinsonstrapistorprod.blob.core.windows.net/uploads...