Comment by KeplerBoy
2 years ago
Rotating wing aircraft have no problem hovering mid-air. All we need are a handful of breakthroughs in battery tech.
2 years ago
Rotating wing aircraft have no problem hovering mid-air. All we need are a handful of breakthroughs in battery tech.
Rotating wing aircraft have problems with supersonic flight - and the wing (rotor) itself reaches supersonic much quicker than the aircraft itself, thats why helis are usually slow, compared to aircraft.
I guess “supersonic wing flapping” would have similar problems, but maybe there are more clever solutions than can be modeled, with so much degree of freedom?
And is “supersonic flapping” even possible?