tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273988955217846164.post4486323769529687412..comments2024-03-23T10:17:48.531-07:00Comments on When My Brain Leaks, the Drops Drip Here.: Impractical Military Vehicle of the Week: the Baumgartl HelioflyTHORSSOLIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05516438163774818381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273988955217846164.post-51998029084008390112021-09-12T17:31:02.030-07:002021-09-12T17:31:02.030-07:00dldlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325652471335418808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273988955217846164.post-15339791394792128522013-01-19T16:34:56.338-08:002013-01-19T16:34:56.338-08:00"With no tail rotor or counterweight to offse..."With no tail rotor or counterweight to offset the torque of the spinning rotor blades, the device amounted to little more than an autogyro glider that would slow the pilot's (aka the impending casualty's) descent to a very hard landing. Any sudden increase in throttle would've sent the pilot spinning around the shaft in the opposite direction of the rotors. In effect, Baumgartl Michal Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701071341819330556noreply@blogger.com