And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, October 25, 2021
If there's a human in it driving, it's not a drone
The four motors may all be joined together by driveshafts so that if one fails the other three motors power it. The USMC's Bell Osprey's have a shaft joining the transmissions so that it can fly with one engine shut down. Al_in_Ottawa
Rotary wings.
ReplyDeleteThat thing is really man-flight rated? Any one of those motors hiccups and someone dies.
ReplyDeleteThe four motors may all be joined together by driveshafts so that if one fails the other three motors power it. The USMC's Bell Osprey's have a shaft joining the transmissions so that it can fly with one engine shut down.
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There's even a small personal electric copter with 8 motors. Does not require a pilot's license.
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