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Which is not quite accurate. AFAIK, the problem is that the tiny particles quickly destroy the turbine engines, not the rotor itself.



Which makes me wonder about the feasibility of a drone with flight powered by hydrogen peroxide rather than electric motors......

Little single-person helicopters powered with 85% H2O2 and a silver catalyst cropped up as a thing back in 2010, but the company in question appears to be gone now.


Probably the reporter assumes most people consider the whole "spinny thing that keeps helicopter in air" package to be one thing. Turbine, rotor and all.


Or the reporter and editor both don't know much about helicopters, or don't consider the details of why they can't fly to be worth spending their time on.


I’m sure the tiny particles would damage the rotors as well. Even rain is bad enough.




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