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Old 31st August 2005 | 18:36
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Graviman
 
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Hmmm, bad idea Quadrirotor. Think about the vibration as soon as you put in a cyclic input. The rotor varies from zero pitch/roll torque to max pitch/roll torque every 180 degrees.

I like Dick DeGraws synchropter though. Any more details?
In theory you could run these with rigid or offset hinge, but in practice the pitch/roll torque fighting would destroy the machine very quickly. [ Outboard advancing actually offers better aerodynamic characteristics, at the expense of needing gyro stability augmentation. ]

Agreed with the idea of rigid gyros though - too many reduced g accidents. Why don't you consider a twin two rotor assy? For stowage the upper rotor could be turned through <90 degrees. This means there is no risk of in flight unbalancing if the rotor is not correctly fixed (look at Apache tail rotor).

Mart
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