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Man Takes to the Skies in World-First Pentacontakaitetracopter
The Guardian ^
| Friday 4 September 2015
| Alex Hern
Posted on 09/05/2015 4:43:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
YouTuber gasturbine101 flies in a 54-rotor homemade vehicle
Stop the search: the greatest Briton in history has been found – sitting astride a makeshift helicopter comprised of 54 drone rotors dressed like one of Monty Python’s Gumbies.
YouTuber gasturbine101 built the world’s first pentacontakaitetracopter (that’s a vehicle with 54 blades), and flew it almost three meters above the ground,
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: aviation
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To: nickcarraway
It must sound like a hive of angry wasps.
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:46:41 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: nickcarraway
But each of those 54 rotors has 4 blades, right?
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:47:32 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: nickcarraway
Looks like a flying clothe line.
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:48:33 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Cut the crap!)
To: smokingfrog
That’s a feature, not a bug.
To: nickcarraway
Not enough space for a test flight, and support structure for rotors is way too weak. Disaster looms. ...
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:53:37 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:55:02 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: nickcarraway
Cute, but the guy who put the helium balloons on his lawn chair and loaded up a case of beer and took off is still the top gun (in the ‘crazy’ class).
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posted on
09/05/2015 4:56:58 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:00:12 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:01:58 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:04:05 PM PDT
by
SubMareener
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To: nickcarraway
How is he planning on controlling it? Seems like he can pretty much just go up and down, unless he’s getting translational lift by just shifting his body weight.
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:04:56 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: cripplecreek
To: nickcarraway
Short pants, black socks and a crash helmet. How quintessentially British....
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:05:05 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Fightin Whitey
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:06:10 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: nickcarraway
Nice. No reason this shouldn’t work. But the control system seems a little loose. He needs more stability. Time to tweak the control code or something.
To: nickcarraway
Same thing, fewer rotors:
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:07:44 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: mrsmith
I was living in Socal when the balloon guy took off...hilarious!
To: Fightin Whitey
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:09:58 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/05/2015 5:13:15 PM PDT
by
W.
(Get a rope. Now.)
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