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Catfish · 04-09-23, 06:11 PM

^ to make it faster.
With two rotors you do not need a correctional "lateral" propeller to keep the helicopter from turning, so they were free to add one to push the 'copter forward faster (apart from only using the tilt of the rotors for speed).
I do not quite understand why they did not use jets, but i guess it was about quick maintenance in the field, and spare costs.

Still the "Valor" won, and i think because of higher speed and range -

The "Valor" does have some disadvantages though, it needs more place to land when the Black Hawk and the Defiant were able to land on the spot even in forests, their rotors being capable of cutting branches up to 4 inches.

04-09-23, 06:11 PM	#3727
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,904 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ to make it faster. With two rotors you do not need a correctional "lateral" propeller to keep the helicopter from turning, so they were free to add one to push the 'copter forward faster (apart from only using the tilt of the rotors for speed). I do not quite understand why they did not use jets, but i guess it was about quick maintenance in the field, and spare costs. Still the "Valor" won, and i think because of higher speed and range - The "Valor" does have some disadvantages though, it needs more place to land when the Black Hawk and the Defiant were able to land on the spot even in forests, their rotors being capable of cutting branches up to 4 inches. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.