The Charlie-1 is a fictional 1950’s American VTOL observational craft. The 1940s and ’50s saw a great deal of pioneering in the world of vertical flight. With the growth in applications for such vehicles, efficiency became a boasting point for many aircraft. Compared to the helicopter, the cyclogyro puts out a much higher lift-to-power ratio as the entire paddle (or blade) produces lift.

The above diagram shows the lifting areas of a helicopter rotor disk in autorotation; however as helicopters ideally autorotate at the same rpm as in forward flight, we can assume that roughly 25% of the rotor disk produces no lift at all and flies in a constant stall producing unnecessary drag and increasing the power required for flight. The cyclogyro configuration, on the other hand, doesn’t have this problem as all parts of the paddle (or blades) are equidistant from the centrifuge.
Downwash produced by the cyclogyro is greater than that of a single-rotor helicopter of equal size due to the downwash of the upper paddle accelerating the air going through the lower paddle; this makes the craft less susceptible to vortex ring state, a condition that causes a helicopter to uncontrollably drop when in a high rate of descent. These performance advantages made the Charlie-1 an ideal aircraft for the US Airforce & Navy.

Throttle = Throttle
VTOL = Collective
Trim = Forward thrust (makes it fly kind of like a plane)
Pitch & Roll = Pitch & Roll
Yaw = Yaw
AG1 = Instrument lights.

Old and dangerous-looking helicopters got me excited about designing something similar looking. The cyclogyro is an early flight design that isn’t well known, and it made me wonder what things would have looked like if they became the helicopter instead. As you can see, the two mix well because this looks like an awesome flying death trap. Enjoy these photos I drew visual inspiration from.

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[Disclaimer] - This uses vtol jets in the blades to fly
Find the version that actually flies using wings here, but it doesn't fly great.

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I also included funky trees inputs for stability in order to make it easier to fly for some; if you feel you don’t need it, try the fun version.