I love that clueless reporter putting her face right next to the prop like that. She's obviously never seen prop blades break off and shoot across the room.
There is lots of magic to the Japanese one getting any shape that's light to hover is actually pretty easy. That Japanese one sorts itself out in pitch very well and contains yaw well with that double set of control vanes.
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You can see detail design, but in Japanese.
http://www.mod.go.jp/trdi/research/dts2010.files/S2/S2-1.pdf
Soon I'll have a way to practice my light sabre skills:
I love that clueless reporter putting her face right next to the prop like that. She's obviously never seen prop blades break off and shoot across the room.
Glad you liked it, but Mr Mortimer and co are the real stars, and, as usual, light years ahead of me! :)
Very nice thread. Lots of info on it. Thx DaveWaveyBunsenBurner.
Theres a lot more to it than that:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1454102
wow..it is soon going to be like the drone in Star Wars, that is sent to the planets looking for Luke Skywalker.
I would like to build one of these too, i like the crash proofness of it, as it will roll and thus dispurse the energy rather than absorbing it.
There is lots of magic to the Japanese one getting any shape that's light to hover is actually pretty easy. That Japanese one sorts itself out in pitch very well and contains yaw well with that double set of control vanes.
Quads are So last year :)
Here is the video from the old post :
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