We need to have a talk about aerodynamics. This is from “How It Works” magazine.. but this is never going to work.pic.twitter.com/UYp7LAciqY
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Quadcopters - drones with 4 props like that - are popular in part because they can be easily flown with only a very basic feedback-control system that makes these much more tractable than the equivalent programming (to control an airplane or helicopter of the same scale, say)
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A lot of what we are doing with drones uses the quadcopter as a jumping-off point, but ignores aerodynamics. There are a lot of 1-lb bumblebees out there, in aerodynamic terms.
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(There are even a few 10-, 100- and 1000-lb bumblebee designs buzzing around.. with enough power, anything could get off the ground. But they will all fly for longer and further with just a little thought given to the wings.)
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Consider for example, how hard it would be to make your car take to the air. You could floor it, drive it as fast as you wanted - and it would still fly quite poorly. But with wings added, this all changes. It’s aerodynamics, not power, that matter.
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I still feel somewhat responsible for the prevalence of the “Drone brings you stuff” idea, so please consider this thread as sponsored by TacoCopter. I leave you with my so far all-time favorite tweet:https://mobile.twitter.com/GreatDismal/status/185092120376393729 …
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