The novel design of this helicopter helped the students bag the third place in the graduate category of 34th Annual Student Design Competition organized by the American Helicopter Society (AHS). It has novel dissimilar coaxial rotor concept which was conceived for this competition by PhD student Rahul Ramanujam (a patent has already been filed on this concept). This rotor concept has been predicted to be more efficient than any existing helicopter concept such as conventional (single main rotor and tail rotor) and regular coaxial helicopters by 15-30%. This revolutionary new design is expected to have a strong impact on the future of helicopter technology. "He said that such a type of a helicopter design does not exist anywhere in the world and its prototype has been developed by the students in only six months starting in January this year.

Source: Times of India August 20, 2017 17:48 UTC