O27PMR,
This idea is just one of some 'thoughtful' and many 'thoughtless' ideas related to laterally configured rotorcraft. Ideas breed ideas, and the hope is that this work will expand the knowledge and interest in these configurations.
In addition, these posting are intended to put the ideas into the public domain, so that WHEN the superiority of laterally configured high-speed rotorcraft is realized, no latecomer to the party can patent these higher-level concepts; to the exclusion of others.
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For consideration;
In 1848 Sir George Cayley 'the father of English aeronautics' proposed a helicopter with; laterally located main-rotors, rigid rotors, high rotor solidity, and pusher propellers.
In 1941 Anton Flettner produced the technically successful Intermeshing FL-282s.
In 2000 W.Z. Stepniewski stated that the Intermeshing ABC configuration appears to have the highest potential for the future.
No one would dare to question the technical competence of these three men.
However, one might wish to question why the fan-on-tail configuration has dominated.
Dave