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Re:The Tethered Uni-Rotor Network: Eternal Flight UAV by mLuby on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @11:52AM (#19200354)
Is the cable portion essential? I'd think a semi-rigid structure (like they talk about with helicopter blades or glider wings) when under load would survive longer.
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Re:The Tethered Uni-Rotor Network: Eternal Flight UAV by gfodor on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @12:23PM (#19200742)
it'll be really interesting to see how this performs in extreme weather. i wonder if the cables would result in a much higher tolerance for shear, etc.
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Re:The Tethered Uni-Rotor Network: Eternal Flight UAV by nradov on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:41PM (#19203632)
There's not much weather up at the planned operating altitude.
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