Personal Helicopter

[George P Burdell]

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[darkxshade]

I was half expecting that dude to plow right into the camera?

 

[Vehemence]

In for two

 

[KLin]

Just wait til he cuts his own head off.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: KLin
Just wait til he cuts his own head off.

That's all I kept thinking. Pretty ingenious though. I couldn't make out how he was controlling the blades and throttle though.

 

[ViviTheMage]

seeet, looks like it guzzles gas

 

[rivan]

What could possibly go wrong?!

 

[Eli]

That's pretty badass.. I want one.

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: KLin
Just wait til he cuts his own head off.

That's all I kept thinking. Pretty ingenious though. I couldn't make out how he was controlling the blades and throttle though.

Sadly, that's what i thought when I saw it sitting there, too. "That looks like an excellent way to chop heads off."

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I wonder how high it can go before it stalls.

 

[Eli]

I noticed that it doesn't appear to have a tail rotor. Is that what the two blades do, prevent torque from spinning the whole thing around? It didn't look like they were spinning in opposite directions though.

Edit: Watched it again, the blades do indeed spin in opposite directions.

Neat!

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: KLin
Just wait til he cuts his own head off.

That's all I kept thinking. Pretty ingenious though. I couldn't make out how he was controlling the blades and throttle though.

I'm not sure if the guy was actually controlling it, could be someone else on the ground with controls?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: KLin
Just wait til he cuts his own head off.

That's all I kept thinking. Pretty ingenious though. I couldn't make out how he was controlling the blades and throttle though.

I'm not sure if the guy was actually controlling it, could be someone else on the ground with controls?

He was.

The throttle is on the left hand leg. He blips it before he sits down.

 

[Throckmorton]

Yeah the counter rotating blades keep it from spinning. Most radio controlled helicopters around $100 are like that. What I want to know is how he steers it. Looks like he has no method yet. He'd have to find a way to make one of the rotors spin slower

 

[imported_apocalypse]

Pretty cool.

To the Petercopter!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Yeah the counter rotating blades keep it from spinning. Most radio controlled helicopters around $100 are like that. What I want to know is how he steers it. Looks like he has no method yet. He'd have to find a way to make one of the rotors spin slower

What exactly do you mean?

He steers it by shifting his body weight. A normal helicopter steers by tilting the rotors, which is what shifting his body weight does.

 

[finite automaton]

Inspector Gadget!

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Yeah the counter rotating blades keep it from spinning. Most radio controlled helicopters around $100 are like that. What I want to know is how he steers it. Looks like he has no method yet. He'd have to find a way to make one of the rotors spin slower

What exactly do you mean?

He steers it by shifting his body weight. A normal helicopter steers by tilting the rotors, which is what shifting his body weight does.

No I'm talking about rotating not strafing. A regular helicopter varies the speed of the tail rotor, and dual rotor helicopters vary the speed of the rotors relative to one another but I don't know how they do it.

I guess he'd have to use a differential, and apply brake to one rotor so the other can speed up

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Yeah the counter rotating blades keep it from spinning. Most radio controlled helicopters around $100 are like that. What I want to know is how he steers it. Looks like he has no method yet. He'd have to find a way to make one of the rotors spin slower

What exactly do you mean?

He steers it by shifting his body weight. A normal helicopter steers by tilting the rotors, which is what shifting his body weight does.

No I'm talking about rotating not strafing. A regular helicopter varies the speed of the tail rotor, and dual rotor helicopters vary the speed of the rotors relative to one another but I don't know how they do it.

I guess he'd have to use a differential, and apply brake to one rotor so the other can speed up

Ahh I see. Yeah, that would work.

 

[Beattie]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Yeah the counter rotating blades keep it from spinning. Most radio controlled helicopters around $100 are like that. What I want to know is how he steers it. Looks like he has no method yet. He'd have to find a way to make one of the rotors spin slower

That's probably exactly what it does.

 

[Hyperlite]

The polls are fixed and the seat poll is on a ball joint. he steers by pushing and pulling the stationary polls further from and closer to his body, and side to side.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

russian choppers have used coaxial rotors for decades. despite its efficiency (100% of engine power goes towards lift) the west doesn't use the design because it's slightly more expensive, and Not Invented Here. in addition to cyclic controls, yaw (spinning left or right) is controlled through clutches on each rotor.

KA-50 Black Shark

austrian barstool helicopter man has a throttle on the right pole and yaw on the left. pitch is controlled by shifting body weight.

 

[Kaido]

Wow, I want THAT tripod for my camera!

 

[Rubycon]

Helicopters are bad.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
Helicopters are bad.

until flying saucers become mainstream, what other choice do e have?

 

[spidey07]

While we're talking helicopters....I gave up on flying them RC, didn't have the skills or patience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6F-0rIpLJE