Dear All,
As I announced on this forum we are aiming to build a man carrying drone; it is a multicopter. we have made quite some progress. Have a look:
www.thehummingmanproject.com/blog
best regards Winfried
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I would have to ask why?
Is this a solution looking for a problem?
I fly R22 helicopters. $250k. Ridiculously reliable. Range of a couple of hundred miles. What will this project acheive that an R22 can't.
Yes it is a temp measure, but since rescue height is still high, it will not function between eg 80 and 0 meters! BTW ordinary drones will have to come up with fast opening parachutes too. The airbag parachute might be useful, Best Winfried
Speaking of paragliders, is it feasible to consider a paraglide type parachute at this stage for control on descent?
With the tests we will be working very carefully. We need a proper airbag parachute that is reducing rescue height. We would hope that is sort of parachute might also be good for other paragliders and small drones. So we hope that companies such as Galaxysky will come with such designs.
And again it should be stated that this is not a prototype to be placed on the market. We all know that it takes much more effort to get to that stage: a car of today was not the invention of one person or a small team.
However we are convinced it will work to show and hope that many more expert teams and students in competition will bring us there. See my presentation on the website. Today we had a chat by Skype with an Indian company dealing with agricultural drones: they also want to work on this idea. So that's great news to us!
We hope for USA and CN teams too: so... But it might work well if there an Award for this similar to the Sikorsky Award! Best Winfried
God you're mostly a bunch of whiners. If it was not for people with hairbrained ideas like this we would be living in caves.
Imagine the ridicule when Ugg said he could do more work with a cart, horse and two round disks. Or when someone mad a cart propelled by steam. or, the guy who made a multi-rotor from a lego NXT controller and starts this whole craze which keeps you entertained...
The point is that even if Winfierd's idea does not work, it's part of evolution. His next one might or someone will come along and build from his shortcomings...
Rather give constructive criticism when you see a problem or shut up and do it yourself...
Best of luck to you and Co. Winfried!
Quite amazing, thanks!
Did somebody say large belt driven
http://www.suasnews.com/2014/05/28983/video-released-of-the-worlds-...
I guess the desire of a small format is to be able to "park" in a regular garage or transported by trailer. Small propellers are inefficient and gives short flight time / large battery pack. Better to have significantly larger propellers and a folding design.
There's no need, we have plenty of people...And for all:in this project we will be careful and step by step. First trials will be with sand bags, etc. in a controlled environment. And I will reply to serious comments and suggestions. Best, Winfried
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