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Old 15th May 2007, 14:59
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A twisted blade (that looks like an airplane prop) will lift more in hover but not as good in autototation, but still will auto well enough usually.

A flat blade (no twist) is better for autorotation and almost all gyrocoters have no twist because they are always in autorotation.
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