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Single bladed helicopter

Discussion in 'General Talk Forum' started by kram242, Jul 19, 2012.

  1. kram242

    kram242 Administrator Staff Member

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    Found an article about the benefits of a single blade helicopter and thought it was interesting :)

    Here is a cool video of Mr.Dave Herberts (Night flyyer) show some examples and explaining it in a little more detail the single bladed helicopter concept. Enjoy
     
    kram242, Jul 19, 2012
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    Pretty cool idea! Wonder if it has ever been attempted in full scale?
     
    ToxicToast, Jul 20, 2012
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  3. rcav8r

    rcav8r Moderator Staff Member

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    Neat stuff. The control one speed guys have been using single bladed props for years... the helicopter seemed like the logical progression....

    Now I wonder if they'll call the "old style" 2 bladed helicopters Bi-copters :D
     
    rcav8r, Jul 20, 2012
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  4. kram242

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    Not sure about the full scale version Chris. I do remember in the mag Popular Science, In the back they have 'those ads' with things like plans to build your own hover craft and what not, and I seem to remember a build it yourself plan-set for a ram jet gyrocopter that only had one blade to. Maybe it was just a dream :D

    :D your probably right about that Dave
    Mark and Trish
     
    kram242, Jul 20, 2012
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  5. Stickey

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    A full sized powered glider used a single bladed prop (plane, not heli). The smaller prop (by about half the length) could fold up in a smaller area for normal gliding after the motor got the plane to altitude.
     
    Stickey, May 7, 2013
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