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Rotary-wing aircraft. Or an aircraft supported in flight partially or wholly by rotating airfoils.

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  • Here's a video of the test run for the small, 15 ft version of this 'rotorcraft':
  • Mom I am about to be arrested, it is illegal to use rotorcraft to transport hunters in Alaska.
  • So, attendant in our design are all the advancements that have been made in the rotorcraft industry in those 25 years.
  • Two fixed-wing UAVs, a Raven and a Pointer, along with an Rmax rotorcraft, were put aloft under the control of the system.
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