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Very interesting. I wondered when someone would try to mesh coaxial rotors [0] with quadcopter use cases. To make a real co-axial vehicle, you'll need to hand
by api_or_ipa 9y ago
Very interesting. I wondered when someone would try to mesh coaxial rotors [0] with quadcopter use cases.
To make a real co-axial vehicle, you'll need to handle changes in the 3 translational axes (forward/backward, strafe left/right and up/down) as well as the rotational axes. Despite being a complicated movement, it's pretty well understood and Kamov has been making coaxial helicopters for many years.
My best guess based on the video is that there are two contra-rotating fixed pitch props in the middle. This gives you up/down and by varying the speed of the props gives you yaw right/left. A couple of clever ducts forward, aft, left and right on the duct give you stability forward/backwards and left/right.
I look forward to actually learning how they did it. It certainly looks cool.
0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_rotors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_rotors
- taneq 9y agoYou only need four degrees of freedom to control an air vehicle in gravity (upward thrust and roll/pitch/yaw). You could still use internal ducting (as you suggest) to do that, but it'd probably be easier and more effective to have little flaps that deploy into the airstream under the rotors to divert the airflow.