Saturday, March 13, 2010

Praxis: Tricopters, Hexacopters & Octocopters -- the poor man's UAVs.


My thanks once more to John Robb at Global Guerrillas for bringing my attention to "hexacopters." He writes in his typical shorthand:

DIY UAVs continue to advance rapidly. Hexacopter. VERY fast mover w/lots of maneuverabilty. GPS station keeping. Significant payload. Auto retrieval. No data on endurance. Camera mount. Wiki. Lots of related videos.


Here is a more detailed description of an "Octocopter"

And here is a tri-copter with folding rotors, an important consideration for tactical packaging.

Mike
III

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Check this out. Crude, and yet still totally awesome.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2132952/r_c_helicopter_with_45_caliber_handgun/





GIII

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