https://www.isegoria.net/2024/03/a-helicopter-is-necessarily-a-complex-delicate-and-expensive-piece-of-equipment/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2024/03/a-helicopter-is-necessarily-a-complex-delicate-and-expensive-piece-of-equipment/comment-page-1/#comment-3662849 Roo_ster Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:50:49 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50780#comment-3662849 Multis do have those advantages, no doubt, but a fixed-wing aircraft of similar weight can generally be propelled by ONE of the quad’s motors and stay aloft for over 4x the time. And fixed-wings generally handle adverse weather better than a multi. That adverse-weather advantage is even greater for a flying wing. And the same tech that keeps a multi stable can be used on FW.

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