| ▲ | leoedin 2 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A really neat concept. It uses a special hinge design, a magnetic encoder and torque modulation to control the lift of the rotor as it spins. Completely negates the need for a conventional helicopter's swash plate. The single motor does have the pretty major downside that it spins the moment it's in the air. I suspect a 2 motor drone with a tail motor would be a lot more practical. But I really like how mechanically simple the rotor hinge design is - it pushes all the complexity into the control algorithm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | schiffern a day ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note that the concept itself has been done before in RC helicopters. The only difference here is using a one-propeller drone. https://hackaday.com/2020/06/25/building-and-flying-a-helico... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Aboutplants a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Perhaps there are specific applications where the payload spinning could be an advantage, imaging/scanning perhaps (which in the video is going to be in the next iteration for the builder). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | ZiiS 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Couldn't you use one motor attached to two props spinning in opposite directions? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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