Cycloidal Propeller Tech

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqy_7lr6wuE

I never heard of this before - interesting

[Aktungbby]

:hmmm:....looks to be a better dyno propeller for ships than a reliable aircraft propeller.?:timeout::shucks:

[Rockstar]

Looks like a fishing reel.

[Skybird]

Looks like a long beard wrapping machine.

[Rockstar]

George Lucas thought of it before anyone.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/74/c0/88/74c088c147992c9d4dfb37b4ea843364--star-wars-ships-star-wars-art.jpg

[Platapus]

Very interesting stuff. Well worth investigating.

[Eichhörnchen]

It seems that the downside is its sheer complexity - those little gizmos might cost much more to make and operate than can be justified. They're like the massively complicated helicopter rotor hubs & then some - and it appears there'd be at least four of them per vehicle so what if one of them stopped working? :hmmm: