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a helicopter that refuses to power its own blades and somehow flies anyway

unpowered rotortop blades spin from airflow, not engine
cannot stallphysics makes it nearly impossible to fall
inventorJuan de la Cierva pioneered it in 1920s
mailbox flightJames Bond flew one in You Only Live Twice
short takeoffsome launch in mere meters of runway
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