Should Quadrotors All Look Like This?

Re:Should Quadrotors All Look Like This? by BrandonMarc on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:48AM (#6730802)

Agreed. I was impressed by the RC pilot's skill, and noted the craft's behavior was, at times, very insect-like. Or hummingbird.

... and I couldn't help but think, if a life-size helicopter were even capable of such maneuvers, its human occupants would likely die from the G forces.

Clearly such maneuvers seem only possible in an unmanned craft.

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Re:Should Quadrotors All Look Like This? by h4rrison on Thursday November 14, 2013 @01:20AM (#6730900)

A cursory glance around the internet suggests that these things are capable of 20G manoeuvres (!), far in excess of the human maximum of 5-10G (depending on axis of acceleration).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force#Human_tolerance_of_g-fo...

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Re:Should Quadrotors All Look Like This? by Zimahl on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:29AM (#6731088)

Human maximum of what? Survivability or capable flight? The human body can survive more than 20Gs.

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Re:Should Quadrotors All Look Like This? by h4rrison on Thursday November 14, 2013 @11:28PM (#6737754)

It varies hugely depending on the axis of acceleration, so given the manoeuvres in the video I opted for the lower end of the spectrum, which is probably a more realistic estimate than 20Gs.

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Re:Should Quadrotors All Look Like This? by Theodores on Thursday November 14, 2013 @05:04AM (#6731541)

What about the G-forces a Lego MiniFig? Do they have to have their heads glued on?

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