Rotorcraft

A rotorcraft was an aircraft that used rotating wings known as rotor blades or rotorfoils to achieve prolonged flight. The first rotorcraft appeared on Coruscant in the years before the formation of the Galactic Republic, though were phased out of popular use by the time of the Old Sith Wars era in favor of repulsorcraft. On some worlds such as Oort, however, rotorcraft remained in common use well into the Imperial era. Helicopters (also known as "choppers") and gyroplanes were the most common rotorcraft designs.