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MidEngineManiac
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AUG 07, 02:16 PM
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Kinda neat......and JUST where you want to be when your lithium batteries decide to go all Note 7
https://www.beta.team/
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TheDigitalAlchemist
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AUG 07, 02:41 PM
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Just include a parachute system. Then you'll only die half as many times.
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Zeb
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AUG 12, 06:41 PM
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C'mon, guys. It's got wings. It'll glide all the way to the ...
scene of the crash.
Seriously, though, this may never be the "Flying Car" MJ wants, but they keep getting closer. The odds of these guys being a commercial success are close to zero, but if they move the ball closer to the goal, I'm all for it.
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cvxjet
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AUG 12, 07:16 PM
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I was thinking this would be about the "Volocopter"....I saw that back around 2012, and in discussions with some of the Coast Guard pilots and mechs, we at first thought it was stupid with a whole bunch of electric motors adding weight- then, in reading more articles it dawned on me that this copter does NOT have a gearbox, or control levers, etc.....SO it is not that much added weight.
 [This message has been edited by cvxjet (edited 08-13-2022).]
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maryjane
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AUG 13, 10:40 AM
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I bet it also, much like a rock and unlike a regular 'copter' cannot autorotate.... [This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 08-13-2022).]
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cvxjet
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AUG 13, 12:06 PM
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We actually discussed that very problem...but after some more reading; Very unlikely that all of the motors would stop working at the same time, so you would be left with a substantial number of motors to allow a controlled landing.
Not sure about the "Controller" though.....
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MidEngineManiac
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AUG 13, 12:14 PM
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Unless you have a separate battery and controller for each motor, there can always be a total failure of something.
If you search for litihum battery pack fire/explosion videos there are a LOT of them. I am dumb enough to be putting those things under my nuts, but at least I am on the road where I can bail fast if need be.[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 08-13-2022).]
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maryjane
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AUG 13, 10:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cvxjet:
We actually discussed that very problem...but after some more reading; Very unlikely that all of the motors would stop working at the same time, so you would be left with a substantial number of motors to allow a controlled landing.
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Why, does each motor have it's own separate battery pack?
AR on a traditional copter requires no power.[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 08-13-2022).]
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cvxjet
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AUG 14, 12:58 AM
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I think there is one common battery pack- and then a single controller- but the controller is of the "Back-back-up" type meaning there is a lot of ability to address failures or problems. There is no AR ability- the blades do not change pitch.
A battery level gauge would be very "impotent"...
I would think they would still have a ballistic parachute similar to the one in "The Gods Must be Crazy 2"
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maryjane
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AUG 14, 08:01 AM
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Not sure I ever saw #2 but the first one was great!
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