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Dave Jackson
9th Jun 2002, 17:29
A sales pitch for the Intermeshing configuration and ABC.

Back in 1993, Paul Cantrell wrote; "I know the ABC is currently shelved, but I hope that it will be started up again. I wonder whether intermeshing wouldn't work better - perhaps Sikorsky didn't want to have to deal with Kaman? I don't really know why they picked coaxial rather than intermeshing."

The eminent W.Z. Stepniewski, co-author of 'Rotary-Wing Aerodynamics', also, proposed the combining of ABC and Intermeshing http://www.unicopter.com/Stepniewski_Concept.html

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I would love to have technical arguments :) with others that have an interest in the ABC concept or the intermeshing configuration.
On this forum, a private forum, or by e-mail. ~ [email protected]

Dave J.