01-15-2018, 12:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: North of Detroit
Posts: 2,235
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Originally Posted by georgegassaway
FAI requires the duration model body tube to be at least 40mm OD, which is why nearly all FAI S9 Copters use internal blades.
The most popular and pretty much definitive classic deployable external rotor copter is the Rotaroc series dating back to August 1975.
The basic design has been copied and cloned by many.
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George,
If I am not mistaken the original Rotaroc design came from you, is that correct? I think NCR did a version of it years ago and Fliskits currently has a version. Would you mind giving us a bit of history of how it came to be, modifications, etc. I'm also not sure where Art Rose's version came in.
What I do remember is that the first competition helicopters Emma and I ever built (terribly) were your designs and we flew them (terribly) at our first team tryouts 10 years ago. Our flights were so bad that you came over, unasked, and helped us tweak them to at least get qualified flights. We have never forgotten that kindness. 
Steve
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