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Post by DaveM on Feb 23, 2010 13:35:51 GMT
Just when I thought the Quadricopter was the mutts nuts ;D along comes this ... HexaKopter www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/HexaKopterThe video is quite long, but what a tool, quite fancy one of these hidden above a kite for a altitude sprint  |
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Post by greenman on May 4, 2010 13:09:36 GMT
We had a close up with one of these at the weekend.
Very impressed.
Big John has now got a lot of learning to do.
Cheers.
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Post by Bonefish on May 4, 2010 16:14:10 GMT
As Greenman said, i was quite impressed with the vertical movement, cannot wait till Big John has mastered this baby.
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Post by DaveM on Jun 14, 2010 11:29:42 GMT
This guy seems to have got the hang of his quadrocopter I fancy trying this with a strip of velco on our Global Moderators head ;D |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jun 14, 2010 16:38:16 GMT
I wonder if the hexakopter cold be used to augment a beer-lifting kite  That guy flying the quadrocopter certainly has skills way beyond anything I could imagine, never mind dream of achieving  (not sure I like these new smileys  ) |
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Post by norfolkdick on Jun 14, 2010 18:20:23 GMT
Greetings Roy,
Think positive Roy! You could fly this! You are the official kite weekender’s test pilot.
Test pilots giving out negative vibes crash and die!
Dan has some new stuff for you to test in a fortnights time; you are the master of these infantile toys!!
No more negativity, you could fly a stuffed seagull in a light wind!!!
Regards
Dick (kite flying)
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jun 14, 2010 19:23:15 GMT
PMSL Dick ;D (why does this smiley look Chinese ?)
I'm not giving out negative vibes, BUT I know my limitations, essential as a test pilot: it's the plane I am testing, not me, that's kept for training days! I'm working on one or two things myself, so someone else might have to fly Danny's new creations.
Not sure I could fly a stuffed seagull in a light wind, but perhaps I could stuff a seagull...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2010 21:43:19 GMT
Unstable Dick (flier and builder of unstable kites)You will not draw me into this. I was saddened and took to heart your drunken outbursts at the last impromptu air show put on as public entertainment secondly, but primarily, in truth, an open public exhibition the of research into aerodynamics / capabilities of these fantastic powered KITES by pilots and canny designer! Because of your LOUD, singular delivery it was taken as read that I was sacked as ‘test pilot’….. for aggressive flying, risky manoeuvres, flying at heights and distances you (through blurred red eyes) could not comprehend, even the occasional hard landing drew almost incoherent comments like “Its CRASHED, its crashed” from just the one loud voice through a dribbling spray of G&T and Brandy.
After many years of training (OK, 80% on a simulator) and then be discarded like a sausage that fell off your BBQ, it hurts, and then be instantly replaced by an older pilot….who had the edge on me because he just woke up refreshed from sleeping all day….huh!
Test pilots of my calibre can find work elsewhere, don’t you worry, we take risks with every flight to boundaries of aviation the likes which you would never understand, and thrive on it, admittedly often limping away. ( I never take risks with MY plane, only research aircraft ) Of course I see your idea of a test pilot is one that does the mundane tourist flights to Fuerteventura and back safely, while you sip your G&T slowly through a straw half blocked by the slice of lemon you did not see going in….I say again, you will not draw me into this fiasco…..    
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jun 15, 2010 11:54:17 GMT
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Jul 13, 2010 15:52:24 GMT
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