why aren’t all helicopters quadcopters?

Question

So – clearly quadcopters are more stable (see all the drones), so why aren’t actual helicopters all quad copters?

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Answer 1

Drones are much lighter and don’t require as much power to lift up. Personal use drones also don’t go anywhere near as fast as larger scale helicopters. All this is to say that a standard helicopter generally has much more powerful fuel-based engines that cost more money to build, maintain and operate. It is just not practical to build *all* helicopters as quadcopters because of this.