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Old 15th Aug 2008, 11:29
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Graviman
 
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Interesting concept, but would suffer from mildly poor autorotational characteristics...

The same is true of any design using engine power to drive airflow over the wing. If electric motors and batteries were used as backup power until normal gliding could be established - but this eats significantly into payload. Best for any design to just be capable of powerless descent.
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