UniCopter ~ Pictures & Drawing
 

If anyone is interested, this UniCopter page now has some pictures of the developing mockup and a layout drawing.
It is far from being a functional craft, but this does give a visual conceptualization of what the objective is.

Dave, have you always had a pusher prop in the plans?

BTW, nice location.

heedm,

You're correct, originally it didn't have a prop.

The current objective is to design for the inclusion of all features that would contribute to an optimal 1 to 10-seat helicopter. The first prototype will only include some of them, but it will make provision for the remaining ones, as they are developed.

dave
 

will the prop be feathered to hover, is there a clutch or doesnt it hover?

backberner,

The propeller will be directly coupled to the crankshaft of the engine. In addition, there is a sheave located between the engine and the propeller, which drives the rotors via a Robinson style of soft-start.

It is a controllable pitch propeller, and during hover, it will provide no thrust. Its pitch setting is controlled by the forward portion of the longitudinal cyclic stick motion. There may not be a need for feathering.