13/09/2016
Hello Folks,
We here at AVIONICS believe in sharing our thirst of knowledge with you guys. So as an initiative we would be posting a technical fact or answer questions everyday for our Techno Freaks out there.
Fact of the day :
Why do quadcopters have four rotors while helicopters usually have just one ?
The reason for the very same is that large helicopters are designed to optimize efficiency, while quadcopters are designed to minimize complexity. If you take a close look at a helicopter rotor you would realise the complexity involved and on a small drone, there isn’t room for such a complex mechanism on a quadcopter.
The question should be, why are there helicopters with just one main rotor? Why go to the trouble of such a complex mechanism? The answer is that larger propellers are more efficient. Four-propeller quadcopters tend to be less efficient, but that’s OK because they are simple and lightweight and can deal with the lower efficiency of smaller propellers.
Also, having 4 rotors in a helicopter would mean you would need 4 such engines or a very complex drive system which would be a nightmare.
Feel free to ping us any time!
Come togehter, Learn together.
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Hello Folks,
We here at AVIONICS believe in sharing our thirst of knowledge with you guys. So as an initiative we would be posting a technical fact or answer questions everyday for our Techno Freaks out there.
Fact of the day :
Why do quadcopters have four rotors while helicopters usually have just one ?
The reason for the very same is that large helicopters are designed to optimize efficiency, while quadcopters are designed to minimize complexity. If you take a close look at a helicopter rotor you would realise the complexity involved and on a small drone, there isn’t room for such a complex mechanism on a quadcopter.
The question should be, why are there helicopters with just one main rotor? Why go to the trouble of such a complex mechanism? The answer is that larger propellers are more efficient. Four-propeller quadcopters tend to be less efficient, but that’s OK because they are simple and lightweight and can deal with the lower efficiency of smaller propellers.
Also, having 4 rotors in a helicopter would mean you would need 4 such engines or a very complex drive system which would be a nightmare.
Feel free to ping us any time!
Come togehter, Learn together.