Monthly Archives: May 2012

I just found out, by going to a NASA Ames study at   http://event.arc.nasa.gov/Green-Aviation/home/pdf/All_Electric_Helicopter.pdf     that the R22 uses 160 hp, not 125 hp, for takeoff and max vertical climb rates of 17 ft/sec.  Doing climbing calculations on the comparable pistoncopter, … Continue reading →

I was wondering whether the lift power advantage we seemed to have with the piston copter was due to the larger disk areas we were using, as compared to the swept disk areas of conventional rotor-lifted helicopters. Apparently the answer … Continue reading →

In my last post, I proved deductively and mathematically that my piston copter is vastly more efficient (power-wise) than conventional rotor copters.  But there were a few minor unit errors, and perhaps more complexity and obscurity than needed.  Here’s a … Continue reading →

Here is essentially a mathematical and deductive PROOF that my piston-lifted substitute for conventional helicopter rotors literally blows conventional rotors out of the water. The competition is not even close, even if we model in HUGE, HUGE LOSSES (e.g., 99%) … Continue reading →

Here’s a farce book post I wrote, which refers first to the link here: http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/geek-life/profiles/alan-turing-mathematical-biologist/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=050312 Hey world, this year is apparently the 100th anniversary of the June birth of Alan Turing. Alan Turing was, is to me (a mathematician) perhaps … Continue reading →