huge leap forward in helicopter technology

[space cowboy]

 

[bob85]

rotor almost in sync with the cameras shutter.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

rotor almost in sync with the cameras shutter.

My thoughts exactly. You can just see the tail rotor spinning slightly.

 

[space cowboy]

nope. it's a new application of the dyson bladeless fan technology.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

But it still has blades so it's not blade-less technology.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

This reminds me of the time I took a picture of an Aurora anti-submarine aircraft on take-off. That's a P3 Orion for you guys in the USA. It had just cleared the ground when I took the picture. The shutter speed was fast enough to freeze the props without any blur. Most people looking at the photo thought it was a display aircraft and were looking for the cement pillar on which they thought it was mounted. LOL

 

[PA629]

This reminds me of the time I took a picture of an Aurora anti-submarine aircraft on take-off. That's a P3 Orion for you guys in the USA. It had just cleared the ground when I took the picture. The shutter speed was fast enough to freeze the props without any blur. Most people looking at the photo thought it was a display aircraft and were looking for the cement pillar on which they thought it was mounted. LOL

I did that once, many years ago, I had a great pic of a copter with the rotor frozen. People wanted to know why I didn't have any pics of the crash scene.

 

[autotuner]

Looking at the bow in those blades, the stresses on the components must be immense.
Darn engineers and their slidelrules...

 

[rabbiporkchop]

I kind of like this helicopter.