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You touch on a number of good points here. It's true you need accelorometers measuring and giving feedback a few hundred times a second. Electric motors are the
by headShrinker 12y ago
You touch on a number of good points here. It's true you need accelorometers measuring and giving feedback a few hundred times a second. Electric motors are the only motors that can respond to feedback that fast. So the batteries will be a big deal on a scaled up quad.
The most important aspect you didn't mention is that they are inherently inefficient. The more blades you have, the more inefficiency is introduced. that's why scaling them up doesn't make much sense.
- mrestko 12y agoWhy couldn't you use a turbine to generate electricity that is then fed to electric motors controlling the blades? Is there actually a requirement for large, efficient batteries?
- YZF 12y agoYou've just added a bunch of weight and lost a whole bunch of energy in the process. (EDIT: vs. just not using electrical motors. vs. batteries it really depends on the specifics but if you could get what you get out of a battery with a turbine of lesser weight then presumably we'd all have little turbines in our iPhones and electric cars)