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We think standard rotor
could be dangerous:
all your life hangs on it.
Moreover, it's bulky,
heavy, fragile
and very, very expensive.
Each single rotor costs
about $ 200.000,
enough to buy a big house.
The fuel consumption
is dreadful, and the
copter flight
has not long authonomy.
moreover the fuel mass
is a great weight to lift;
it would be possible,
on big helicopters,to charge
also ten passengers more
without increasing fuel's weight.
In this picture,
the technician on the top
is inspecting the rotor
before removing it.
Later on, the turbine engine,
the gear box, andthe tail rotor
will be completely removed.
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