Re:The Tethered Uni-Rotor Network: Eternal Flight UAV
by plutonorm on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @07:48PM
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Lol I just asked the same question without seeing your response. I was thinking hollow canvas tubes radiating out from a central hub, slowly unspooled in flight. Some mechanism would use the mechanism of rotation to draw air outward along the tubes to keep them inflated, combined with rotation induced from the central hub. No idea if that would work...
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Re:The Tethered Uni-Rotor Network: Eternal Flight UAV
by carapace on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @01:29PM
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Sorry for the delay. I don't know if that would work either, but it sounds good. ;-)
Check out "Tensairity" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensairity