11-09-2011, 12:29 PM | #1 |
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At Last! The Hover Segway!
Early work on the next flying Segway is progressing well, but you may have trouble getting it through a standard doorway:
http://www.flixxy.com/worlds-first-m...ulticopter.htm
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In the case of failure of any of the rotors, the remaining rotors are capable of successfully guiding the machine to the crash site.
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Seems entirely appropriate, but shouldn't he have been standing up?
Good find. Thanks.
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I sure hope there is a good safety switch on that, as I would hate to walk by one of those props when it turned on.
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All these safety issues are real, but not too much a problem, till we see it developed to a point where they would be available for sale, however. I kind of like the idea that the primary landing pod is an exercise ball. Very ingenious.
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Are those straps to keep him from falling out or stopping him from running away in terror!!!
As stable as quadrocopter+ can be, they don't crash well. My AR.Drone was no exception.
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Would a quadrocopter have 4 rotors? I think this device has about 12 rotors if I counted correctly. What would that be, duodecacopter?
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It has 16 props so its a hexadecicopter I think. Wonderful flying bedstead design, combination of high tech and string. The exercise ball is great but I wonder why his seat is not below the structure rather than above.
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Actually, his pose looks to me as if it is very uncormfortable and unnatural.
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I must have counted 3 rotors per arm (I did a quick count, clearly missing only 25% of them, lucky I don't deal with numbers for a living... No, wait, I am an electromechanical Engineer. I guess I'll blame this one on my glasses) I too see that the sitting with that much weight above the lift as odd. I would have thought having it below or at lease some of it below would add a level of stability. My understanding of the stability of other than fixed wing aircraft generally tend toward low weight, high lift, like a helicopter, rather than like a hovercraft. Most hovercraft get very unstable if they lift above ground effect, if they can.
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