"Often, maneuver requirements occur in a split second, with no time to recover rpm."
Good point well made, Nick. The limiting factor could well be the need for say a fast roll for collision avoidance. Maybe variable camber blades are the future then, makes sense since twist ideally already needs to vary. Perhaps the limitations of a machine with a need for manouvre thrust overhead is just something we have to accept.
"... even if somebody invents a rotorless Stepniewski rotation antigravity silent vortex generator powered helicopter, somebody is going to complain about it."
Yes this does ring very true. An EMS machine overflew the cottage today. Naturally i had a look to see what the machine was, but the noise was not that bad. Didn't immediately recognise it: looked a bit like a 117, only with a fenestron. I guess it is just a question of whether you like the noise or not...
Mart
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