wraggster
June 28th, 2015, 19:52
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/b32abe61ee670b58372fd5514aa17c17/202196403/drone-carrying-man-2015-06-26-01.gif (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/26/drone-that-carries-people/)
Deliver packages (http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/10/amazon-drone-testing-faa-us/) by drone? Yawn! Thorstin Crijns aims to transport people by multicopter, flying car style (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/15/aeromobil-flying-car-in-2017/), and he actually built a brilliant/insane workingprototype (http://www.quadrouas.nl/?page_id=64). A typical quadcopter won't cut it, so his machine has 16 separate motors and props, with a cluster of lithium-ion batteries to power it. Since weight is of the essence, the computer-optimized frame is made of lightweight 6060 aluminum. The final piece of the puzzle is the control system, and Crijns chose the MultiWii Autopilot (http://www.multiwiicopter.com/), a well-known product that adjusts the power on each motor to keep things straight and level.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/26/drone-that-carries-people/
Deliver packages (http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/10/amazon-drone-testing-faa-us/) by drone? Yawn! Thorstin Crijns aims to transport people by multicopter, flying car style (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/15/aeromobil-flying-car-in-2017/), and he actually built a brilliant/insane workingprototype (http://www.quadrouas.nl/?page_id=64). A typical quadcopter won't cut it, so his machine has 16 separate motors and props, with a cluster of lithium-ion batteries to power it. Since weight is of the essence, the computer-optimized frame is made of lightweight 6060 aluminum. The final piece of the puzzle is the control system, and Crijns chose the MultiWii Autopilot (http://www.multiwiicopter.com/), a well-known product that adjusts the power on each motor to keep things straight and level.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/26/drone-that-carries-people/