Why aren’t there airplane sized helicopters? Helicopters seem better in terms of no long runway needed, and the ease of moving in any direction.

Question

Why aren’t there airplane sized helicopters? Helicopters seem better in terms of no long runway needed, and the ease of moving in any direction.

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Answer 1

I don’t know what you mean by airplane sized helicopters. There are airplanes from the size of a go kart and helicopters over 200,000 lbs. Basically helicopters are extremely inefficient, extremely high maintenance and very slow if you don’t need to hover.