Sikorsky went through a long way. Hope I will drive one of it's descendants.
this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
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Off to find a bit of the ole guzzalean. Cah chunk cah chunk!
Amazing how far the design... hasnt come 💀
But the tail rotor is horizontal?!
Why not?
It seems a bit odd. The main rotor imparts an opposite spin on the body. Tha tail rotor is there to counteract that spin by blowing sideways. A horizontal one would have to use just its spin, not getting the benefit of the air mass being pushed sideways.
That (chinook-style solution) only works if both rotors are the same size and speed.
Perhaps Sikorsky's tethers to the ground worked around the problem for that photo anyway. Not sure.