fly_tornado Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 The Swarm man carrying multi-rotor airborne flight testing montage. 54 counter-rotation propellers, six grouped control channels with Hobbyking stabilization. Take of weight 148kg, max lift, max approx. lift 164kg. Endurance10 minutes.
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Looks like it's going better than last video I saw of it. Really though - if you're going to post videos of you test flying your daring new concept aircraft, why would you do it with SHORTS and BLACK SOCKS??
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 That was the first thing that crossed my mind.
Downunder Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 I laughed.....A helmet, but T shirt and shorts. A windscreen, but you can't see through it...... Not sure of the reasoning behind a million of these little motors over 6 or so larger ones........ Doesn't look very "stabilised" to me, swinging all over the place........
Marty_d Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 I wondered about the windscreen too, but then I figured it out. The angled sides are to protect his scone from any of the 54 props that may come loose and be flung at it. I actually like the concept, with independent speed controller on each engine, altimeter and gyro, surely he'd be able to set up auto-stabilization and auto-hover? The other thing I reckon would be good would to have a swivelling beam for the line of engines across the middle, so you could angle them forward or backward for forward motion. If their speed was independently variable too that gives you turn control. (If you could point one side forward and the other backward at the same time, that gives you great turn control!) Oh, and if he's going to take it any higher - BRS. Definitely.
johnm Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 great for the loose leaves and grass .......... if you are into that sort of thing
fly_tornado Posted September 2, 2015 Author Posted September 2, 2015 the dome is perspex or polycarbonate, it just looks rubbish because it's reflecting England's grey sky
Maritime_Ev Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Some Germans already got a bit further with this: http://www.e-volo.com/ I think it would be a great way around a lot of the inherent problems of helicopters; no single point failures (if you set it up with independent controllers and multiple battery packs), no problems with torque, much reduced vibrations. Flying it would be a lot easier than handling a (small) helicopter too, even to the extend that it could fly completely remote controlled or automatic. A BRS would be easy to fit, you can shoot it through the middle of the rotor assembly instead of having a rotor in the way, although you probably want something that works from a really low level especially for the early stages of development. 1
SDQDI Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 It is raining here again this afternoon so I was doing some 'research' on YouTube and came across this interesting young fella. This is the 8th video of this multi rotor but check his channel out, seems to be a bit of a goer anyway. 1
Marty_d Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 This one's pretty good too... But what the hell is that shirt on the bloke in the background at 1:50?? Bex... is it the fashion in China to cut everything off just under the armpits? Kind of a crop top for blokes?
SDQDI Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 That fella was on the start up team on the last run Marty and he forgot to tuck his shirt in ;-) 1
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