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Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by throw0101a on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:34AM (#25102402)
> Your run of the mill quadcopter is an ideal example of just throwing together motors + batteries + tech and getting a flying machine out of it.

There's the old saw that airplanes fly using lift, but helicopters fly by beating the air into submission.

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Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by loeg on Sunday November 15, 2020 @01:04PM (#25103240)
Helicopters fly by trying to tear themselves apart, and mostly failing at this.
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