From: Michelle Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Tue Aug 11 1998 - 23:10:39 MDT
Michael M. Butler wrote:
> ...Calculations suggest that Rotons could work all the way out to where air
> acts in a Newtonian way. That's a lot higher than the operating altitude of
> a chopper.
>
> And of course you're only using the rotor for *part* of your lift. That's
> another difference from regular helicopters.
>
> Not promoting, just reporting.
>
> And rockets, all by themselves, are still the prizewinners at inefficient.
>
> MMB
yup. mine was a post that i am afraid may haunt me for some time to come.
i detracted before i understood the most recent version of the concept. spike
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