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Originally Posted by Embraer
please don't kill yourself after you make a helicopter. im being genuine and serious.
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As an old helo pilot with lots of flight test and maintenance flight test time, you're being foolish thinking you can redesign the load path from engines to rotor head on your own.
I spent three years at the Sikorsky Factory as the Chief Government Test Lead. I learned more about shear, Rockwell C numbers, lubrication, cooling and failure modes than I ever really wanted to know.
Transmissions are the heart of a helicopter and generally the failure point: In an H-60 there are five "transmissions" that redirect energy to the main and tail rotors.
Do not think any gearing systems designed for one application will work in yours: In aviation they call it the "wheel of misfortune": my recommendation to you is to stay off of it.