Originally Posted by
Sevarg
While we are at it, let's go back to the rotordyne. No gears needed in the "gearbox" . Dry run shouldn't be a problem just a couple of bearings to lub. Now that shouldn't be beyond the Ken of man.
Then of course there´s the noise and that's an other question.
If you want to get rid of gears in the drive train, we have a thread here on Rotorheads discussing the all electric powered helicopter=> (
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/426...-electric.html) ... all motor needs no reduction gears!
Not sure if that solves the problem of getting a good sized load of people to and from oil and gas rigs in the foreseeable future ...