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16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:49 am
by John.com
I hesitate to post this picture . . . . just now we have a run on Sportman's warehouse to buy up all the exercise balls!!
Read the article here
http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/helic ... ulticopter to see what's planned . . . .
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Have an awesome weekend . . . . go fly!!!
Re: 16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:59 am
by John.com
E-Volo goes so far as to call the handling needed to pilot the aircraft “child’s play,” saying that “it takes off and lands vertically and the pilot pays little or no attention to the flight path angle, minimum speed, stall, mixture control, pitch adjustment and many other things which make conventional aviation so demanding.”
The judges cited the craft's "breakthroughs in redundancy, simplicity of controls and inefficiencies inherent in the control surfaces normally used in aircraft" as major selling points for the multicopter.
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Re: 16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:12 am
by ger koff
So how well does it autorotate?
Oh, it can't autorotate? That's a shame as it's an FAA requirement to be able to autorotate.
Oh, it's electric is it? What is its range? Gosh, only 20 min endurance.
Re: 16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:32 pm
by John.com
ger koff wrote:So how well does it autorotate?
Oh, it can't autorotate? That's a shame as it's an FAA requirement to be able to autorotate.
Oh, it's electric is it? What is its range? Gosh, only 20 min endurance.
ger koff, please don't be short-sighted! No research of this nature is ever wasted. It always leads on to something! Why not compliment their efforts even though it still has some big and fiery hoops to jump through!
BTW: If you can deploy a ballistic parachute vertically upwards from the helicopter, why would it need to autorotate? I'm not an expert, but just putting it out there!!
Enjoy the post! Try to smile!
It's Friday!!!
Re: 16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:04 pm
by Bundy
Choppers already have too many moving parts John!
Re: 16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:24 pm
by John.com
Bundy wrote:Choppers already have too many moving parts John!
Ya, but you've seen those little electric choppers they fly around the shopping centres, right?? Well, this is like a big one of those!!
And what's more, I'm sure that thing could still fly on 10 propellers!!!
Re: 16 Propeller Helicopter
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:26 am
by Tailspin
John.com wrote:Bundy wrote:Choppers already have too many moving parts John!
Ya, but you've seen those little electric choppers they fly around the shopping centres, right?? Well, this is like a big one of those!!
And what's more, I'm sure that thing could still fly on 10 propellers!!!
10 Props, His superglue and Bicarb Bill must be NASTY
