jeffmeden

You guys forgot the other thing that makes a heli easier to hover, namely the tail rotor :-) Also, the problem with a cyclic on a VPP plane is that all of the torque to rotate the plane has to go through the center hub and then get transmitted to the plane, meaning there will be a LOT of lateral stress on the mount, and even then the effect will be dulled by how relatively short the prop is, and how far the prop is from the center of gravity (compared to a heli with a HUGE 'prop' and a short distance to CG). Not that it wouldn't be cool as hell ;-)