Flying bike on telly- Bang Goes The Theory

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Re: Flying bike on telly- Bang Goes The Theory

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Re: Flying bike on telly- Bang Goes The Theory

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kwackers wrote:That's quite impressive but why four large rotors? Surely smaller, faster rotating rotors would reduce the size of the arms and thus the weight by quite a lot.
Need some technical background.

Size matters.
Large wings are more efficient than small ones.
Large propellers again are more efficient than small ones.
You'll never know if you don't try it.
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