Recent content by Herrbeta

Thanks again. I will think a bit on this and hopefully soon begin working on the project. When it comes to rotors, I understand that homebuilt probably will be too much of a difficulty. I´m thinking of aluminum drop shaped (not sure about the spell)blades that is used on small wind power...

Thanks a lot for the reply, nice that someone picked up my question! I follow your calculations except the very first concerning disc loading. Why do I want a low disc loading and why would 10psf be adequate? What would it mean for the lifting thrust if I make each blade 2 instead of 1...

Hi all! All the way from Sweden comes a small question... Planning to build a simple RC helicopter which, in the first stage, only should be able to take off. My idea was to use either a small lawnmover engine, or one from a chainsaw and build the helicopter with two props, turning opposite...