The Flight Of The Dremel
A few months ago we featured a model aircraft whose power plant came courtesy of an angle grinder. It was the work of [Peter Sripol], and it seems he was …read more Continue reading The Flight Of The Dremel
Tag Archives: Helicopter
Hackaday Links: October 9, 2022
Don’t you just hate it when you walk out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe? That’s a little bit like what happened when the Mars helicopter …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 9, 2022
[Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey
The V-22 Osprey is an aircraft like no other. The tiltrotor multirole military aircraft makes an impression wherever it goes; coincidentally, a flight of two of these beasts flew directly …read more Continue reading [Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey
Yamaha’s beefed-up unmanned helicopter can carry up to 50 kg
Yamaha has introduced an upgraded version of its Fazer R G2 unmanned helicopter, or drone, equipping it with more thrust and greater payload capacity. This should make it more suitable for carrying out aerial deliveries, which the company expects to he… Continue reading Yamaha’s beefed-up unmanned helicopter can carry up to 50 kg
Large Tip Driven Copter Turns Very Slowly
Picking propeller size for any aircraft, but especially VTOLs, it’s a tradeoff between size and RPM. You can either move a large volume of air slowly or a small volume …read more Continue reading Large Tip Driven Copter Turns Very Slowly
Hackaday Links: December 12, 2021
It looks as though the Mars Ingenuity flight team is starting to press the edge of the envelope a bit. The tiny rotorcraft, already 280-something sols into a mission that …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: December 12, 2021
Hackaday Links: October 3, 2021
It’s one thing to speculate about what’s happening with the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, but it’s another to get an insider’s view on recent flight problems. As we previously reported, Ingenuity …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 3, 2021
Hackaday Links: September 19, 2021
Things might be getting a bit dicey out in Jezero crater for Ingenuity. The little helicopter that could is starting to have trouble dealing with the thinning Martian atmosphere, and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 19, 2021
Coaxcopter to Carry Man
One of the major perks of all the affordable flight controllers and motors available from the hobby market is that you can really experiment with some crazy aircraft designs. [amazingdiyprojects] …read more Continue reading Coaxcopter to Carry Man
Re-Engineering an RC Helicopter via Tinkercad
Radio control toys can be great fun to play with. However, at the bottom end of the market, sometimes you find you’ve bought something that just doesn’t work quite right. …read more Continue reading Re-Engineering an RC Helicopter via Tinkercad