HilldaFlyer
Well-known member
My $0.02: to land you need some sort of stand off otherwise the air compresses and your controls stop working. Ok on take off because you need the compression to unstick and you aren't there long enough to tip over besides CoT is above CG. not ok on landing unless it's vertical and not tilting.
Rule of thumb: thrust = 2X weight minimum for any decent acceleration up. The nitro power people have props to 24" diameter.
Really interesting build/design.
My thoughts too... but I learned something in my chats with other guys building SingleCopters, the latest firmware does not activate the servos until the motors are armed and above idle. For take off I need to gun the motors to lift off the ground in order for the thrust vectoring to engage. I am thinking that the ground effects will hamper any flight near the ground. It finally dawned on me that that is probably why Otto always has assistance in landing. I'll be getting near the ground it just tips over.
The following is the only clip I found where assisted landing wasn't used...