If I were to mount a mini-jet engine vertically and direct it's thrust (say 100Lbs) through nozzles at the end of a pair of rotors, via a rotating swivel joint, could I make a mini helicopter capable of lifting someone? The idea being that there would be no torque reaction and only one moving...
Hi, I would like to know if it's possible to create a helicoptor rotor blade that produces equal lift along its entire length? ie- having a profile (chord?) tapered to match the difference in windspeed between the slow moving inner and the faster moving outer sections? Also, it it possible to...