A Very Interesting Compound Helicopter Concept

I came across this at http://www.diskrotor.com/. It's a round wing with a retractable rotor, which would seem to grant most of the benefits of a helicopter, and most of those of a plane, though circular wings to have stability issues.
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[7381366]

i invented that ITS in MY garage!!!!

[Sparatan117]

No, you dont get what I'm getting at. The retracting of the blades is impossible. The blades on a helicopter are designed the same way an Airplane wing are with ribbed body, theres no way you can make that scrunch

[Zyoher]

It's probably possible but highly inefficient...after storage for the jet fuel and place for the rotors to go and all that, you'd have no space for anything else.

[Sparatan117]

yeah too bad thats slightly impossible....

[bahamawave]

????OKAAYYYYYYY???????????