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very cool!

read this:

"The chopper weighs just 300 kilograms in total. One limitation is that it currently only has enough power to fly for 20 minutes -- though designers are looking at ways of increasing this, or introducing a hybrid engine."

- My money's on multi-mile long extension cords - retractable if you want a quick return to base.
 
You might ask Santa.....

 
Ya! Sehr gut.
 
Very unique to say the least. 18 motors with 36 leading edges of prop, verses 2 to 4 leading edges on a conventional chopper. 1 bird strike, a little one at that, could create a slight problem. I'd like to see someone do an auto rotation in one. A requirement to get a license to fly a chopper. That thing would drop like a rock at the loss of power. It would never pass FAA certification. They might have a chute incorporated on it somehow. It will certainly be needed in some point in time. I hope their not using Lucas wiring technology.:devilgrin: PJ
 
One the guys that goes to some of our VRG vintage races (but does not race with us) is Brian Kraus.
He does a lot of regular track days here in the Northeast USA with his yellow Mazda rotary-powered Spridget.

Anyway, he has a home-built, radio-controller "tri-copter" that he shoots video from at some of our events.
I've actually noticed it when I was racing.

Here's one of his videos (and I'm in it briefly around 2:33).

 
Wow... that's neat. Would easily settle for a small copter with camera. :-)
 
To heck with the copter. I want a work space that large.
 
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