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Multirotor, the Glossary

A multirotor or multicopter is a rotorcraft with more than two lift-generating rotors.^[1]

17 relations: Blade pitch, Cierva W.11 Air Horse, Coaxial-rotor aircraft, Cyclorotor, De Bothezat helicopter, Helicopter, Helicopter rotor, Intermeshing-rotor helicopter, Lift (force), Quadcopter, Radio-controlled aircraft, Rotorcraft, Tail rotor, Tandem-rotor aircraft, Transverse-rotor aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Volocopter.
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Multirotor helicopters

Blade pitch

Blade pitch or simply pitch refers to the angle of a blade in a fluid.

Cierva W.11 Air Horse

The Cierva W.11 Air Horse was a helicopter developed by the Cierva Autogiro Company in the United Kingdom during the mid-1940s. Multirotor and Cierva W.11 Air Horse are Multirotor helicopters.

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Coaxial-rotor aircraft

A coaxial-rotor aircraft is an aircraft whose rotors are mounted one above the other on concentric shafts, with the same axis of rotation, but turning in opposite directions (contra-rotating).

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A cyclorotor, cycloidal rotor, cycloidal propeller or cyclogiro, is a fluid propulsion device that converts shaft power into the acceleration of a fluid using a rotating axis perpendicular to the direction of fluid motion.

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De Bothezat helicopter

The de Bothezat helicopter, also known as the Jerome-de Bothezat Flying Octopus, was an experimental quadrotor helicopter built for the United States Army Air Service by George de Bothezat in the early 1920s, and was said at the time to be the first successful helicopter.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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Helicopter rotor

On a helicopter, the main rotor or rotor system is the combination of several rotary wings (rotor blades) with a control system, that generates the aerodynamic lift force that supports the weight of the helicopter, and the thrust that counteracts aerodynamic drag in forward flight.

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Intermeshing-rotor helicopter

An intermeshing-rotor helicopter (or synchropter) is a helicopter with a set of two main rotors turning in opposite directions, with each rotor mast mounted with a slight angle to the other, in a transversely symmetrical manner, so that the blades intermesh without colliding. Multirotor and intermeshing-rotor helicopter are aircraft component stubs.

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Lift (force)

When a fluid flows around an object, the fluid exerts a force on the object.

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Quadcopter

A quadcopter, also called quadrocopter, or quadrotor is a type of helicopter or multicopter that has four rotors.

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Radio-controlled aircraft

A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter.

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Rotorcraft

A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft with rotary wings or rotor blades, which generate lift by rotating around a vertical mast.

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Tail rotor

The tail rotor is a smaller rotor mounted vertically or near-vertically at the tail of a traditional single-rotor helicopter, where it rotates to generate a propeller-like horizontal thrust in the same direction as the main rotor's rotation.

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Tandem-rotor aircraft

A tandem-rotor aircraft is an aircraft with two large helicopter rotor assemblies mounted one in front of the other in the horizontal plane.

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Transverse-rotor aircraft

A transverse-rotor aircraft is an aircraft with two large horizontal rotor assemblies mounted side by side. Multirotor and transverse-rotor aircraft are aircraft component stubs.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.

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Volocopter

Volocopter GmbH (formerly called E-Volo GmbH) is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Bruchsal (near Karlsruhe) and founded by Alexander Zosel and Stephan Wolf.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multirotor

Also known as Hexacopter, Hexcopter, Hobby Drone, Hobbyist Drone, Multi-rotor, Multicopter, Multirotor drones, Octocopter, Tricopter.