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Old 23rd Dec 2006, 01:43
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However, I doubt that the single main rotor and tail rotor configuration will go away.
Don't be so pessimistic.



Wow! At the top of this page is your axiom and below it is your 'plastic rotor'.
"Great minds think alike."



Originally Posted by I.I. Sikorsky
"To invent a flying machine is nothing. To build it, little. To make it fly is everything."
OK, I give up. Which of his helicopters is he talking about?



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