ultralightweight
2000-11-03 00:01:15+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Via Robot Wisdom, ultra light weight radio control helicopters. As light as 48 grams. A while back I was hanging out at 5 corners up on Mount Tam watching the sunset and the guys with the RC gliders flying, and a hawk made a down-wind run over the ridge, shortly thereafter one of the gliders tried the same move. I've been wondering since then what you could do with some more intelligent on-board control to shorten the feedback loop, to deal with turbulence and other local phenomena better. Playing with something that could be tested in one's living room has some appeals.