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Comment by neurotech1

Small "personal" helicopters like the Robinson R22 are quite difficult to autorotate safely in a real emergency, due to low rotor inertia. [0]

For the SureFly, Hypothetically if loss of several motors caused the aircraft to be unable to maintain altitude, the aircraft would not suddenly drop like a brick, but drift down to a controlled landing.

[0] http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/robinson-r22

parent neurotech1 8 years ago

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