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On 23/08/2019 08:14, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

All force, no distance

An infintely large infinitely strongĀ* helicopter could hover with no
power input.


Not so. It's having to generate lift with the rotating rotor blades. The
work is proportional to the torque on the rotor shaft and the number of
revolutions.