A monocopter or gyropter is a rotorcraft that uses a single rotating blade. The concept is similar to the whirling helicopter seeds that fall from some...
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tail rotor (i.e. unicopter, not to be confused with the single-blade monocopter) has become the most common helicopter configuration. However, twin-main...
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The RoboSeed Nano is the first monocopter UAV that has demonstrated controllable flight. The Nano was developed from research on flight characteristics...
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airframe, thus not requiring the presence of a tail rotor. Some simple monocopters are composed of nothing but a single blade with a tip rocket. Tip jets...
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the case of tipjet drive. One rotor rotorcraft are typically called monocopters. Two rotors. These typically rotate in opposite directions cancelling...
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Bölkow Bo 103 (category Monocopters)
The Bölkow Bo 103 was an ultralight experimental helicopter flown in West Germany in 1961. It was designed for reconnaissance and command-control purposes...
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unstable terrain. A variation on the "jetmobiles" of Fireball XL5 and the monocopters of Stingray, these vehicles also appear in "Vault of Death", "Martian...
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Bölkow Bo 102 (category Monocopters)
The Bölkow Bo 102 Helitrainer was an unusual ground-based helicopter training aid that was developed and built by Bölkow of West Germany in the late-1950s...
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