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Re:Airfoil by KeplerBoy on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @01:32AM (#39534752)
Rotating wing aircraft have no problem hovering mid-air. All we need are a handful of breakthroughs in battery tech.
Re:Airfoil by seer on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @02:37AM (#39535124)
Rotating wing aircraft have problems with supersonic flight - and the wing (rotor) itself reaches supersonic much quicker than the aircraft itself, thats why helis are usually slow, compared to aircraft.

I guess “supersonic wing flapping” would have similar problems, but maybe there are more clever solutions than can be modeled, with so much degree of freedom?

And is “supersonic flapping” even possible?