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| Author: | KAPTOR [ Tue Sep 12, 2006 15:59 pm ] |
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the stop-rotor wing goes back a long way and I never believed it would work. |
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| Author: | KAPTOR [ Wed Sep 13, 2006 01:31 am ] |
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Yup, that was a 4 bladed rotor, when stopped it would have two rotors trailing like a swept wing and two rotors leading like a forward swept wing. It relied on aero-elastic tailoring like the X-29 to keep the forward rotors from bending and twisting right off. Had wings like the old Cheyenne attack chopper to help off-load lift forces from the stopped rotor. |
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