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Guess I'll stick to thermal power for the time being
On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:23:05 -0700, stu857xx wrote:
Safety systems in this video......what systems? CG above center of lift is easy to fix by landing upside down on the test dummy. .... and maybe also by making the rotor outriggers a bit longer and angling the rotor mounts so the rotor thrust lines all meet at a point above the pilot's head ? Or is that just another stupid idea? I note that the Chinese personal electric aero-car crowd seem really keen on using unshielded knee-height rotors. Imagine the effect of a faulty engine control has the proud owner is stepping out of his flying thing - can you say "hi-tech salami-slicer"? I wouldn't go within 20 metres of the thing. The German Volocopter design looks like a far better bet, the more so as it can survive loosing a motor or two and nobody has to walk into a rotor arc: https://www.volocopter.com/en/ -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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