Single Blade Heli!

[Toolman]

Interesting this, just think that New pair of blades would last you 2 crashes!
Seems that it causes some strange vibes though.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-gjCmt-vU"]YouTube - Single Bladed Tail Rotor PLUS Single Bladed Main Rotor Experiment on Blade 400[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qhEsuhi1PU"]YouTube - 1 blade ES 900 final[/ame]

Tim.

[Grant_beltcp]

A freind of mine from Belgium created the first single bladed heli i've seen fly before abotu a year and a half ago - he actually did a really good job at balancing and I was the first person to loop it

He's since gone 1 blade, 1 paddle, 1 tail blade, and now onto 1 blade, 1 tail blade and no flybar, without any flybarless gyros. I cant wait to fly it again Its on a belt cp aswell.

[Toolman]

I like that one flybar paddles too!
What was it like to fly?

I have to say its impressive, but as the one blade moves about (lead, lag, flapping etc) its going to go out of balance (to the weight side) causing vibes.

I would predict it would be ok in a hover but do funny things when you start to fly it around?

Tim.