from the Department of Demented Designs
(dept. motto ~ The lights never go out ~ 'Cause the light never really came on.)
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Shape the helicopter's fuselage as a lifting body. Then give the mast the ability to be vertical in hover but pitch forward and down by 10 - 30 degrees in forward flight.
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