Ok now I have seen it "all"... For some reason I were not stunned to see that it was Lady GaGa who made this first.. But here we are.
On their video it looks a bit badly tuned but it flies. Unfortunately video cannot be embedded to Ning so everyone need to look it by them selfs.
LADY GAGA has clad herself in everything from meat to Kermit the Frogs, but her latest wardrobe wonder raised more than eyebrows when she wore a flying dress to promote her new album, Artpop.
At a secret New York event Gaga slipped into the battery-powered couture contraption, called Volantis, and hovered about a foot above the ground thanks to the hexi-copter design by Techhaus Studio XO.
The dress claims to be the world's first flying outfit but, before you tear up your bus tickets, Gaga explains it's more symbolic than transport solution.
Original post in here with video: http://www.news.com.au/technology/design/lady-gaga-wears-worlds-first-flying-dress/story-fnjwubd2-1226757583590
That's one fancy frame I would say. Maybe we need to start making those at jDrones ;)
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I will check from shipping why it has not been sent out..
I want to chew the meat suit off her if I can't fly her on a mission. ;) I'll have to settle for watching her host SNL.
Interesting, lower kv :/ ? what kv are your motors rated at? I would assume you need higher kv for EDFs to get the rpms... of course, unless you have custom higher pitched impellers ... :)
I'm using the "HK special" (aka the cheap 2800kv+45a escs) here... 3D printed EDF mounts. snappy on launch, but outright lazy... and 'clunks', aka falls, on landing since there's little ground effect.
Jani, EDf multirotors will never fly "snappy" because that type of propulsion is more similar to a turbine engine which has to "spool-up" and increase RPM before it can generate thrust. If by "snappy" you mean control response, multirotors with conventional propellers will always be more responsive to control inputs than those EDFs. You are comparing very different types of propulsion; or apples and oranges if you will...
When I mentioned 6S, 5000 mAh, 5 minutes, that was a reference to my EDF tricopter. My propeller driven multicopters, which can be seen at www.isiscopter.com, have significantly longer flight times and also use 15" T-motor carbon fiber propellers and the highest quality components.
Jared, you are highly skilled at stating the obvious. I am sure that will get you far in life...
it could have been so much better!
@Gus, I have seen some EDF flights but all of those that I have seen are not flying snappy. They all fly rather soft. I gotta agree with you, this device or LG does not destroy industry. It's actually wonderful to see that LG can adapt all new technologies..
6S, 5000mAh and 5mins.. That's really low, with traditional way we can get close to 30mins with same battery combination and with 15" propellers.
@Darrell... ;)
Thanks, Cliff! There was a gap between the props and the shrouds which are all 2-blade carbon fiber. Your Y-3 with canted EDFs sounds interesting. My EDF tricopter has 70 mm aluminum alloy ducts with Wemotec rotors. I have custom wound inrunner motors to get the kV down and the voltage up to 6S. It is a screamer and I get about 5 minutes of flight time with 5000 mAh packs. I have flown it in 25 mph winds quite effortlessly.
The truss and torso cover on the Volantis were designed by Studio XO and their new division which is called Tech Haus. They make "wearable technology." They made several dresses for Lady Gaga; one of which makes bubbles and the other has hundreds of micro servos which move plates via DMX computer programming. You can google Studio XO and see what they do; they are very creative and impressive people...
Great job Gus. BTW, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24900291, at 0:32, I'm sure we can guess that look was the "holy #@?! what was I thinking!" look. Classic.
How close are those prop blades to the ducts (yep, it's all about clearances). Sounds more like a coaxial Y6 in shrouds vs [technically] pure ducted fans (I have a Y-3 w/70mm canted EDFs & sounds very different from any prop setup as you need higher rpms). I can see the forward bias built-in so you can focus on yaw control.
Very fashionable torso cover (for safety I bet?), nice touch. Looks much like having a race car flywheel spinning at 10,000 rpms in a prototype housing next to your leg... and you're wearing shorts....
She's cool. What if I build my own Gaga compatible multirotor? Will she magically appear? This small stuff is passé
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