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Hi all,I'm looking for some interesting questions to solve as part of my research for school. As operators/builders/enthusiasts of UAVs, particularly multirotors, what questions do you have? Here's a partial list that I've collected so far that I'm…
"We can and do! It just takes more current to use the flight propellers underwater. "
"This might be of interest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vl7uqwN4I"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vl7uqwN4I"
Here's a video from one of our recent tests of our GTQ-Cormorant: a submarine and quadrotor hybrid.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7vl7uqwN4IWe use an air pump/solenoid system to move air between the clear, water-tight pressure hull and an…
"What props are those? Thanks!"
"@Scott W, That's weird, I used my tool and it pretty much matches your eCalc numbers:
http://controls.ae.gatech.edu/dbershad/EMSTAirTimeCalculator.html?&......
15 A sounds like a lot for hover for something like this. Which specific battery do you…"
http://controls.ae.gatech.edu/dbershad/EMSTAirTimeCalculator.html?&......
15 A sounds like a lot for hover for something like this. Which specific battery do you…"
"@Scott W, what's your GTOW? What battery are you using?"
"Why do I keep promoting it? That's an easy one to answer:
1) so people use it and give me feedback and I can improve the math where it is needed
2) to provide more tools for us to use to help our community design vehicles and defend the parts…"
1) so people use it and give me feedback and I can improve the math where it is needed
2) to provide more tools for us to use to help our community design vehicles and defend the parts…"
"Have you run it through the calculator that I posted above? It gives you optimal speed for max range."
"Do you mean efficient with respect to total range flown per battery? Or something else? "
"What's your GTOW? How far do you drain your battery? "
"According to the spec, looks like the Attopilot sensor will easily handle what you are going to be drawing. T-motor has some specs and at 100% throttle you're going to draw around 100 A for 4 rotors. "
"According to this calculator, one option is increasing the battery size. The calculator says you gain about 2 minutes for every 2000 mAh of capacity added at 3S. However, 4S seems to perform a bit better for this vehicle. Check out the links…"
"Yeah, if you look at it on a per-inch basis, pitch change adds much more drag than diameter change.
Changing diameter makes sense if you're after endurance. If it's windy though, you want more pitch to be able to handle the wind."
Changing diameter makes sense if you're after endurance. If it's windy though, you want more pitch to be able to handle the wind."
"You can use this calculator to mess around with some of the parameters. It takes into account altitude/density/temperature and you can check the effect on flight times/range/etc of changing prop pitch and a bunch of other…"
