"The main thing during free fall is to stop the spinning & tumbling. Get that sorted & the deployment should be simple... I' amazed no drought chute was deployed to help stabilise the payload."
"The cargo was spinning way to fast for the chute to deploy & not be effected by twisted lines. If those lines were not twisted it would have had a much better chance of landing properly... These days one could make use of a sail servo to control the…"
"I'm thinking of using contra rotating blades.. Is this this a better alternative... Note the blades need to fold upwards ... As they begin their descent in a shuttlecock style arrangement and spread out at a set altitude."
Is it possible to have a helicopter without a tail rotor ? I'm aware of torque associated with the rotor blade & set ups such as notar & fenistrom style tails. But I'd like to create a aircraft that has a tilting main rotor head... Much like a swash…
This is my first post at DIY Drones. I am building a small experimental craft that I plan to release at 10,000 ft... whist skydiving & am wondering if it's possible to have the craft's parachute deploy at a set altitude & then use Ardupilot…