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Old 9th March 2003 | 07:10
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Dave Jackson
 
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Personally, I don't think the compound configuration is the answer. It seems inefficient to have the weight and drag of the wings during hover and then the drag of the rotor during fast forward flight.

Two concepts that appear interesting are; Stepniewski's Low Tip Speed Design Philosophy and Sikorsky's Reverse Velocity Rotorcraft
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