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> Lack of pitch control is the defining property of multicopters. It is possible to do pitch-controlled propellers on a multi-copter. I recall that someone did
by cr0sh 9y ago
> Lack of pitch control is the defining property of multicopters.
It is possible to do pitch-controlled propellers on a multi-copter. I recall that someone did this once for an engine-powered multi-rotor craft in order to be able to quickly vary the thrust from each rotor (using a servo that actuated the blade pitch via a rod that extended thru the rotor axle shaft) - because such engines usually can't be varied in speed/thrust as quickly as is needed for multi-rotor control.
- baybal2 9y agoThere certainly are Chinese makers of quads with pitch and collective for each rotor
- usrusr 9y agoA lot is possible, even building a helicopter ;) While simple pitch control is certainly easier than the phase-dependent pitch control required for a helicopter, a pitch-controlled multicopter would lose a lot of the mechanics simplicity that made multicopters interesting in the first place. But autorotation control code for a pitch-multicopter would be an interesting challenge, maybe for the hobbyist who wants to dive deep doing more than just reimplementing stuff that already exists.