How possible is this helicopter design?

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 09/13/2014 at 20:40 • Filed to: None

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Racescort666 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/13/2014 at 20:45

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The rotors are geared together and run in opposite directions so they never contact. the thrust vector equalizes side to side.

Edit: realized that you were asking if it was possible. I think so, yaw control in hover mode might be tricky but otherwise, it could probably be made to work.

whoarder is tellurium > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/13/2014 at 20:47

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That downward canted tail is going to suck for landing, unless its got obscenely tall landing gear. She'll need to be mighty powerful too, with both those cannons and associated ammo... not to mention the huge amount of drag.

/armchair aviation enthusiast

ly2v8-Brian > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/13/2014 at 20:48

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Yes this is called intermeshing rotors

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_…

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaman_K-M…

Aaron James > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/13/2014 at 20:55

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it's been done, works

unpredictable_swerve > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/13/2014 at 21:18

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those cannons would break the wing, and it would be impossible to control while firing.

Bad Idea Hat > Aaron James 09/13/2014 at 21:21

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I still find it hilarious that the Huskie's range was basically "over the airfield."

DeLM > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/13/2014 at 23:47

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It's basic design has been done before, the rest might be a little far fetched, weight and control wise. I think though, for an initial design sketch it is a very good starting point. Next you should research that design layout and tweak your design accordingly. The ball turrets on the wings... maybe not, but a small chain gun turret closer to the center of gravity and lift might be an idea.. keep it up!

Axial > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/14/2014 at 01:10

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Yay, Command and Conquer.

Mkvenner > Bad Idea Hat 09/14/2014 at 06:21

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Wikipedia says (first number I could find): Range: 185 miles (298 km).

But seems like it flew a lot of rescue missions in Vietnam.

A random Navy chopper I looked up had a range of about 1080 km. Is that an extreme example?

AgentRockstar > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 09/14/2014 at 08:02

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If the Transformers can do it, so can we.

Bad Idea Hat > Mkvenner 09/14/2014 at 11:13

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Helicopters generally aren't long range. The 185 mile range number for the Huskie, from the stories I've read, is an optimistic number. It was used for rescue off-site, but we're talking about rescuing pilots who crashed on approach or takeoff. I can understand the need for an aircraft doing this job (can go anywhere and quickly), but it's hard to wrap one's mind around an aircraft that can barely stray from its own airbase.