Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading– that is, how much weight each square meter of area swept by the propellers must carry–is almost ...
Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading– that is, how much weight each square meter of area swept by the propellers must carry–is almost ...
What happens when engineering students decide that choosing between air and water is completely unnecessary? Aalborg University students created a drone prototype that can both fly and swim, using ...
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Cessna Owner and Pipers Magazines. “It was apparent that a propeller was simply an aeroplane travelling in a spiral course. As we could calculate the ...
Embraer has been granted a patent for an aircraft control system that utilizes a thrust propeller variable pitch actuator. This system maintains a set electric current to the propeller motor by ...