Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C...
by cmurf on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:43PM
(#20629978)
>that hardly make sense
Just a guess: stronger strength to weight, and power to weight ratios, compared to the real thing. The tail rotor in particular appears to be quite a bit more powerful for the weight of the model than would be expected in a full size aircraft. And then also, these kinds of movements with a person inside? Haha! No!
Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C...
by baddox on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @08:12PM
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Yeah, I've been pretty deep in the RC community, but what doesn't make sense to me is the physical skills of pilots like that! Handling orientation changes like that is insanely difficult. I practiced flying RC helis for a while in a simulator and even the basic orientation exercises are pretty challenging.
There are RC aircraft with collective pitch controls, like most RC helicopters and even some multirotors. These RC aircraft generally can autorotate, as well as do things that are probably not practical for full-scale aircraft to do, like fly upside down. :)
A collective pitch quadcopter flying upside down: https://youtu.be/MVL_Hf4ilLg?t=162
An RC helicopter doing, well, all sorts of acrobatics that hardly make sense: https://youtu.be/KmPchrGW1TQ?t=48
An RC helicopter autorotating: https://youtu.be/bxQ5kwqiPN4?t=136 (this one has an internal combustion engine, although that shouldn't make much of a difference for autorotation)