glyn thrash,
I have heard something to the effect that all new helicopters in the US, which are not grandfathered from a previously approved one, must conform to an upgraded set of requirements. Requirements such as $25,00.00 pilot seats and $10,00.00 passenger seats. Will not these upgraded requirements apply to the Aerokopter?
CRAN
Agreed. Monetary return will be the motivating force for all participants in a new rotorcraft project. The two possible exceptions to this are the inventor and perhaps the Armed Services.
IMHO, for a new small rotorcraft to be successful in the commercial/recreational field, it must appeal to a mass market. This dictates that the craft be as easy and as safe to fly as a light airplane. Optimally, it should be as easy to control as an automobile. One might consider that a car with stick-shift has 5 primary controls and so does a helicopter.
Dave