Tell me if I'm wrong, but doesnt it wokr this way:spikeytomato wrote:amazing
the top two winners in southern california had 2:25 and 2:34 with chinooks
probably would have been longer if there was nothing on the roof (the gym roof had a lot of lights and bars and the helicopters kept bumping into them)
However, allowing rotors to hit, gonna slow down the rotors when at the ceiling
Wont affect the power or speed in rubber and rotor when start to descend though
So if the helis were designed to not hit, and were hitting, the times should be longer than normal
*edit
oh yeah, forget to mention,
this wud only work for chinook, , where both rotors hit
if for coaxial, slowing down the top rotor, will mainly just make the bottom rotor spin faster, and use same amount of winds
i guess you could test by holding heli by hand and then see how long it takes until rubbers' torque cannot support heli anymore,
and compare with the time until a bumping helicopter takes until descent
Im guessing time can increase by 20%, but probably varies between different chinooks