![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: VTOLs and Helicopters
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(...) Almost all helicopter from Kamov (former USSR) are of that type. Selçuk (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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![](/news/x.gif) | | VTOLs and Helicopters
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One of the latest additions to my website was a pair of VTOLs, the "Thunder" and the "Donar." If you take a look at the Donar, you'll see that I included an attempt at a contra-rotating lift system. Has anyone managed a good looking and FUNCTIONAL (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: VTOLs and Helicopters
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To me, it looks a lot more like an autogyro that a VTOL (an autogyro is a top-rotored aircraft with a exterior engines that don't power the rotors and no (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: VTOLs and Helicopters
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(...) counter the torque of the main rotor. This design is (I believe) more popular among Russian designs than any others. Popular helicopter rotor systems include a primary rotor with a tail rotor, two primary rotors on opposite sides of the VTOL (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.build)
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