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Old 25th December 2003 | 10:29
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NickLappos
 
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Charlie,
The smaller fan inside that duct uses quite a bit more power than a larger tail rotor, and adds significant empty weight to the aircraft. It takes lots of careful engineering to get the fan-in-fin design to equal a tail rotor in efficiency. In larger than 5Ton machines, it is so significant a penalty that it becomes impractical.
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