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mrDmrTmrJtoday at 6:08 PM1 replyview on HN

To be clear, this is not a power-point program but a continuation of a long-standing design work with Bell.

Two articles that cover this in depth are: 1. Revised Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Concepts Emerge From Special Operations X-Plane Program. December 2024: https://www.twz.com/air/revised-fold-away-rotor-aircraft-con...

2. Bell’s Plan To Finally Realize A Rotorcraft That Flies Like A Jet But Hovers Like A Helicopter. September 2021: https://www.twz.com/41997/bells-plan-to-finally-realize-a-ro...

The second article covers decades of prior wind tunnel testing on the folding rotor concept.


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moralestapiatoday at 7:35 PM

>decades of prior wind tunnel testing on the folding rotor concept

Oof, I wish I had a job like that.