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George commented on crystal garris's blog post Techpod - Delay!.. ugh.
"Wayne,
I appear to have missed the Kickstarter, but this looks like a fantastic project and exactly the type of thing I've been looking for; a long endurance, efficient plane setup that doesn't cost an arm and a leg or use gas.  I've got a couple of…"
Jan 9, 2013
George commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Failure is an option
"Ah, that makes a lot more sense, more of a glider than a maple samara (helicopter leaf).  Thanks for the clarification.  Makes a lot more sense now.  As you mentioned, it seems like deployment is the major difficulty so that you don't unduly affect…"
Jan 7, 2013
George commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Failure is an option
"While I think that such a system in interesting, they key will be balancing the rotation force (stability/controlability) with the drag force (actually slowing the copter down as opposed to just trading fall speed for rotation speed).  Like the…"
Jan 7, 2013
George commented on Alejandro Martin Pirola's blog post Homemade Steadycam Hexacopter
"Let me know if I understand this correctly.  The system is primarily a mechanical steadycam style motion compensation/smoothing system, but the servos engage and act as dampers to reduce oscillation and alter the "home" position to compensate for…"
Jan 6, 2013