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Russell Duffy wrote:
There are a few planes that can accept a single rotor as is, but I think we're going to need aluminum housings to ever make it into the mainstream. I had always hoped Racing Beat would finally get theirs done, but I've all but given up hope on them now.
Richard said during his presentation that aluminum housings would not be appropriate for a dual rotor. There just isn't enough material to stabilize the stationary gear was how I understood the explanation (someone please correct me if I got that wrong). It may be that Racing Beat has had their production schedule held up by the laws of physics.
It's a real shame, though. Aluminum housing could push the installed rotary's power to weight ratio into the vicinity of .75. At that point, builder's would be falling over themselves to convert, and my own CG concerns would disappear.
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