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Yea, that will work. (If you weigh five pounds.)
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Can't see it autorotating very well.
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Can I text and fly that thing at the same time? Does it have a latte holder?
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Yeah, there isn't a chance in hell of doing an auto in that death trap
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Why don't you get one, and let all of us know how it works out for you?
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11-21-2013, 06:08 PM
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can you say no collective?
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11-21-2013, 06:42 PM
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No way in hell you are gonna do an auto in one of those.
Toss a ballistic chute on one and maybe ill try it....
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11-22-2013, 04:11 AM
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I liked the actual demo. I can't image a crash landing would go well.
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11-22-2013, 04:46 AM
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Great concept in my opinion, taking advantage of existing technologies and doing something creative with it.
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11-22-2013, 05:55 AM
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I would rather have one of these:
Hoverbike
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11-22-2013, 11:52 AM
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So what happens when one of the props departs its station?
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losing a flight control on any aircraft is not good news so if a prop falls off I doubt it is great, but I have seen some pretty cool videos of how adaptive a quadcopter can be to a blade loss, I would bet this thing could suffer a blade loss or two and compensate. However, no way does it do more than a minute or two of flight with a payload, it cannot possibly have enough energy storage for extended flight.
To clarify, it cannot auto rotate as the props are fixed. A real helicopter adds or removes lift by changing the rotor pitch (angle of attack to the relative wind). This one use RPM to govern lift generated with fixed pitch propellors. Auto rotation works by manipulating pitch to maintain unpowered rotor RPM in descent and then taking advantage of that stored rotor energy to produce a momentary burst of lift when the pitch is increased.
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In the small RC types they are designed so one whole electric unit can quit working.
The speed control compensates .I am sure some sort of action can be built in on a 5 motor or more unit.
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Well, it flies empty: http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/helicopters/two-seat-volocopter-completes-first-flight
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