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Redundancy. Multirotors have - wait for it - multiple rotors. An octocopter or hexacopter can keep flying when one of its props or motors break.[0] This is why
by bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
Redundancy. Multirotors have - wait for it - multiple rotors. An octocopter or hexacopter can keep flying when one of its props or motors break.[0]
This is why you see Hollywood cameras carried by octocopters.
[0] https://www.dronetrest.com/t/what-happens-when-you-have-a-motor-failure-on-your-multirotor/968 https://www.dronetrest.com/t/what-happens-when-you-have-a-mo...
- mikewarot 5y agoYou can go even further, and put 16 rotors on a craft if you have an adrenaline junky in a more lax jurisdiction who wants to ski uphill, or even fly. Casey Neistat - Human Flying Drone (2016) https://youtu.be/At3xcj-pTjg https://youtu.be/At3xcj-pTjg
- EL_Loco 5y agodoesn't efficiency decrease as you add more rotors?
- bitxbitxbitcoin 5y agoYes but not by as much as you would think.