Re: [HOE] Very minor Iron Oasis question...

[Matt Crawford <matt@severian.chi.il.us>]

> > Well, I'm just curious, but what would the added effects be of
> > having rotors of more than two blades,
> 
> Hmm. . . anybody know what the real world affect of multiple rotors are?

I suspect that it introduces unstable vibrational modes in which two
opposing blades swing down while the other two swing up, leading to
a lot of wasted power and early rotor failure due to metal fatigue.