Comment by russellbeattie
7 hours ago
It's incredible that changes in velocity still work to adjust the angle of the blades even at the insane speeds they're moving at. I would never have thought that was possible.
I have to wonder why this guy didn't give his drone a leash while testing so it couldn't go flying off. It's the first thing that popped into my head, so I'm sure it's something he thought of as well and didn't use for a good reason. Maybe a string would get caught in the blades?
Maybe the pull from a string/leash would affect how the thing flies, kind of like kites.
I like how he built a test stand near 7:22, which solves the motor flying off problem and is probably easier to iterate on. It reminds me of how rockets are tested.
Possibly the fact that the TPU fin body doesn't stop all counterrotation so the leash would get twisted into a cord and interfere with flight?
print a slipring