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Old 13th Oct 2016, 22:53
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Ascend Charlie
 
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Hugely inefficient trying to lift a big machine with little props. Moving lots of air slowly with a big rotor, is far better than moving smaller amounts faster with a small rotor. Downwash, noise, power requirements.

Ring wings have been tried since the 20s, biplanes were dumped due to the interference between wings.
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