MONO-BLADE ROTOR ASSEMBLY - (PLEASE FORWARD TO ANY R&D GROUP) .

[BradleyAircraft]

Yup, It was a thought for our gyro. I would love to see this tested on our aircraft in the future. When we do we will share the data we accumulated. Amazing!

[mrfourtysevenman]

i have an rc helicopter called the mini titan and after a crash i had no money to replace the blades so i took one off and put on a counter weight. it just got airborne. dave herbert says its 30% more efficient because the blade runs into a wake of drag caused by the other blade. thats the FLFLFLFLFLFLFL sound you hear.

[drjekill2986]

WHY?



[neoshade]

Yep, no balance to the lift component. And putting a rotating thruster in the blade's airstream will massively disrupt the clean air needed to produce lift, create excess loss of airflow over the blade tips, and induce a constant Vortex Ring State around the blade disc, so that it will never gain enough lift to hover.

[Patriot042]

Is THIS idea to enable the pilot and co-pilot to be able to "eject" from your helicoptor because, there's less blades and more room to escape? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! O.k, GO WITH IT! LMAO!

More lift, my ASS? It would produce LESS lift! Less surface area (because of only ONE rotor blade) equals, LESS than TWO! Simple common sense! :-D

[snhp9]

@Patriot042 it would actually be the same lift because with 2 blades the first bade causes turbulence for the blade following it. for this idea to work u just increase the pitch of the one blade. a good reason to do this is the engine with have less stress turning 2 blades than one.

[corotor12345]

@snhp9

Not at all. In fact there would be severe forces throughout the rotor assembly. Also, have you considered how turbulent and how thin the air is coming out of that exhaust? This ideas is whack.

[snhp9]

@corotor12345 there is a counter weight to even the forces out. watch this video /watch?v=qk-gjCmt-vU

[corotor12345]

@snhp9

Oh yeah, the counterweight balances centripetal forces out... But it sure as hell doesn't produce lift, and that is just as important as centripetal force. If I have to keep explaining then you're just not ready to understand.

[snhp9]

@corotor12345 i think i get what u meen like the one blade pushes up only on the one side wile counter weight does nothin. the only way to get same abount of lift is if u extend the one rotor out and increase the pitch.

[corotor12345]

@snhp9

Damn right. You caught on pretty well! The fact that you have one blade doing double the work and effectively experiencing double the force (and consequently double the lift if Newton knew his stuff alright), with no countermeasure to compensate for that extra lift means that the design is bound to fail.

[dansweazen]

I actually was a RC helicopter pioneer in the 70's, flying a Kavan Jet Ranger was expensive in those days. A set of wooden blades was something like $20.00. Having had lots of crashes I had many un matched blades. I decided while waiting for a new set to arrive from Germany to add a counter weight to one rotor grip and just one wooden standard skinny blade. The helicopter flew just like it did with two blade but had less weight carrying capacity. It really looked weird flying too!

[G777GUN]

It would have to spin bloody fast. What do you hope to accomplish with this concept. A much more simple rotor system maybe. Its a 'innovative' idea but i dont think it will catch on.

[FunnytoX]

Hmmm, I have some doubts about this project. The weight of blade is balanced, but the aerodynamic lift isn't balanced, so this construction will have the high level of vibrations. Also the jet nacelle is on the short arm, so the torque will be small. What advantages does the one-blade scheme have?

[sharpya380]

@FunnytoX also, wouldnt the rotor produce full lift one one side and no lift on the other at speed?