The cyclorotor now has a thrust to weight ratio of 4.69:1, which I believe means that it now has nearly double the thrust to weight ratio of any other cyclorotor. The max thrust produced (328g) and power consumed (78 Watts) are the exact same as a 6x3 conventional propeller (A 6x3 prop has only a 20% difference in the disk loading from the cyclorotor).
Sources:
University of Maryland cyclocopter Elena Shrestha's youtube
Texas A&M cyclocopter Mobile Benedict's youtube
Cyclotech cyclocopter Cyclotech website and youtube
Specs:
150mm rotor diameter
150mm airfoil wingspan
NACA 0022 airfoil with a 50mm chord
2004 1900kv motor
6:1 GT2 belt driven gear ratio
~3000 rpm at max throttle
328g static thrust
70g rotor weight
4.0 g/W
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