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Quad-Rotor RC Helicopter Design Basics

An RC helicopter can use more than two main rotor blades in a quad-rotor or multi-rotor design. With four evenly spaced rotors, the combined thrust generates lift, and varying the thrust of each individual rotor allows the helicopter to maneuver by tilting its nose down for forward motion or tilting the back rotors down for backward motion. Draganflyer RC helicopters use a quad-rotor design to achieve maneuverability through independent rotor control.

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Quad-Rotor RC Helicopter Design Basics

An RC helicopter can use more than two main rotor blades in a quad-rotor or multi-rotor design. With four evenly spaced rotors, the combined thrust generates lift, and varying the thrust of each individual rotor allows the helicopter to maneuver by tilting its nose down for forward motion or tilting the back rotors down for backward motion. Draganflyer RC helicopters use a quad-rotor design to achieve maneuverability through independent rotor control.

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RC Helicopters With Quad-Rotor or MultiRotor Design

It is possible for an RC helicopter to use more that two main rotor blades. With four evenly spaced rotors (quad-rotor) the thrust from all the RC helicopters rotors is combined to generate lift, and the thrust produced by each individual rotor can be varied to allow the RC heli to maneuver.

Decreasing thrust on rotors at or near the front will cause the RC helicopters nose to drop. This results in a forward tilt and forward motion. The same method can be applied to the rotors on the back or side, allowing the RC helicopter to move backward and side to side. Draganflyer RC Helicopters use quad-rotor design.

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