Test Flight of the World’s Smallest Helicopter July 23, 2008
Posted by Dmitri in Future, nanotechnology, technology.trackback
A major milestone towards making the smallest helicopter in the world was recently reached by a Norwegian company Prox Dynamics. A prototype was able to demonstrate take off, forward and turning flight, and landings during a successful test flight. The Hornet-1 prototype, weighing less than 15 grams with a rotor diameter of 100 mm, has the same dimensions and weight as the production version, but with a much simpler avionics package. A two-bladed single rotor provides some inherent stability and is controlled by the smallest and lightest in the world servos that weigh less than 0.5 grams.
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