One of the comments on YouTube claimed it was fake because the props were
turning too slow. Clearly he's never seen indoor free flight. Considering
the size of those rotors I would imagine each one creates quite a bit of
thrust even at very low RPM.
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM, John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> It *is* Indoor :)
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> This is huge - thanks for the link. I watched Gamera online a while back.
> Quite interesting to see that another team skunked them.
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> It looks like the pilot/engine could steer slightly by leaning.
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_...>
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> > This is pretty amazing. It reminds me of indoor with the huge built up
> > props turning very slowly.
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> http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/11/4514812/human-powered-helicopter-atlas-wins-sikorsky-prize
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Received on Thu Jul 11 2013 - 12:57:59 CEST