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What happens if one of the props fail?

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Neat toy


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Isn't that one the principles for the land speeders in Star Wars?


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Originally Posted by Bristoe
What happens if one of the props fail?
Back in the 1980s when Popular Mechanics was telling us that we'd each have one of these for our daily commutes by the year Two-Thousand, I remember them saying that even if one prop failed, you could manage a controlled landing with the remaining props, especially with computer assist.

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These little guys have video cams on them. If they were night vision, you could spy on night time activities without being seen. I wonder what their range is.

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Originally Posted by Bristoe
What happens if one of the props fail?


About the same as in a helicopter I'd imagine...

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That depends on whether all four props have one power source/motor or if they are individually powered. If it's the former, it crashes because it has no auto-rotation ability. If it's the latter and one fails, it probably crashes unless it can cut power to the opposite prop and still have enough on the remaining two to make a semi-controlled descent.

The difference is plummeting like a dead duck or like a wounded one.


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Nifty little toy that goes on sale Sept. 9th @ Amazon for $300. It has a 12 minute flight time, but you can opt for extra batteries to keep charged and manually swap them out. Nekkid sunbathers beware...that fence is no longer an obstacle. It's WiFi, so if the signal is good, not much of problem with distance.

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Originally Posted by Pete E
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What happens if one of the props fail?


About the same as in a helicopter I'd imagine...
No, since there are four propellers which serve partially redundant functions. Lose one, and you still have three propellers serving partially redundant functions. By altering the outputs in just the right way, you could compensate for the loss of one enough for a controlled landing.

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Originally Posted by Bocefish
Nifty little toy that goes on sale Sept. 9th @ Amazon for $300. It has a 12 minute flight time, but you can opt for extra batteries to keep charged and manually swap them out. Nekkid sunbathers beware...that fence is no longer an obstacle. It's WiFi, so if the signal is good, not much of problem with distance.
Interesting. The end of privacy?

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Current traffic is 2 dimensional. Adding a 3d dimension has a whole different game plan. We'd need numerous cameras and sensors to see 'cars' above and below us in addition to all 4 directions in a plane.


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controlled by an iPhone?

And edit to add - looks sorta like the helicopters in Avatar

Seems the ducted fan would be safer, more efficient than current helicopter systems?

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Yep. Iphone or Ipod touch according to product info.

A nifty toy, but a little rich for my blood at $300 for the toy plus the cost of the Iphone or Ipod to control it. Pretty cool though.


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Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
[ The end of privacy?


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I look at it this way:

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PHOTO RECON.....


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Originally Posted by jorgeI
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I look at it this way:

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Nice.
PHOTO RECON.....

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Tac Recce.... Gonna need FLIRTT (Forward Looking Infra Red Titty Tracking)


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This could be really handy when scouting for deer...


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Originally Posted by jorgeI
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[ The end of privacy?


[Linked Image]

I look at it this way:

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PHOTO RECON.....

I like the way you look at things.


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Originally Posted by DocRocket
This could be really handy when scouting for deer...
There you go.

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