Walking home from the subway, I met an electrical engineering graduate from Ryerson who built himself a six-rotor radio-controlled flying machine:
Each motor puts out about 250 watts, and the machine is strong enough to lift a couple of kilograms.
The body is made mostly of carbon fibre, and it runs on a lithium polymer battery.
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023.
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That was quick! Didn’t expect to see myself on here already.
I made myself a youtube account to upload these videos to: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJECrn_XTe92Qr2lRfzNEHA/videos
Great to meet you!
The people who I mentioned who are making interesting videos with fixed-wing aircraft are Team Blacksheep.
Their New York City video is very dramatic, as is this one of close formation flying.
You can see me grinning foolishly in the first test video from this machine.
That NY video is amazing. That’s the first I’ve seen in a dense city. Very tempting to try out… with a cheaper styrofoam plane :)
Was this built from a kit? If so, which one?
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