<<< But what do you do in not quite wingless craft with a 150 mph stall speed and folding helicopter rotors when you're used to having a computer land you VTOL? >>>>>
It's that often used but seldom practiced aviation maneuver called "Duck and Kiss" ... which involves bending over far enough to kiss your ass goodbye... Unless you are a real redneck, then you just say "Hold my beer and watch this"... On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The fuselage will have to develop a LOT of lift to fly on > > those little wings with four people on board, full fuel, etc. As Wilton > > often points out, the laws of physics ALWAYS win. > > Especially when you lose power. > A normal airplane can glide indefinitely at 5:1 or better until you > run out of AGL. A helicopter can auto-rotate with a little skill on the > part of the pilot. > But what do you do in not quite wingless craft with a 150 mph stall speed > and folding helicopter rotors when you're used to having a computer land > you > VTOL? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
