Two giant rotors, powered by a turbine Jakadofsky Flettner flight in Orleans 14/07/12. CGY750 integration with multirotor airframe [youtube]ZEUkNePhUU4[/youtube] Build Photo's ---> HERE <---- [acronym=EYE See! "w00d's Photo Musings" LINK to my BLOG][shadow=grey,left][size=1em]w[/size][size=1.25em]00[/size][size=1em]d[/size][/shadow][/acronym] [hr]
That is pretty crazy. It started to make me dizzy/sick watching it spool up though lol. Being as I don't really know a lot about them is there anything about this that makes it superior to a conventional main motor and tail? What is the benefit or drawback to something like this? Or am I missing the whole thing all together and its not really a helicopter but a multirotor :-[
Long history with those, look up Flettner FL282. First production helicopter was this design. The Kaman KMAX currently made is a heavy lift helicopter for logging. It also the first ever full scale RC helicopter to see actual war time use for external load operations. The rail rotor uses power from the engine that does not go to lift. All the power from this goes to lift since no tail rotor needed.
