[HN Gopher] A little whimsy copter based on a PCB frame
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       A little whimsy copter based on a PCB frame
        
       Author : alex_hirner
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2022-08-02 18:55 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | ansible wrote:
       | Nice. I bought the original Crazyflie a very long time ago, when
       | tiny quadcopters were not really a thing yet.
       | 
       | I've been meaning to take another look at projects like Ardupilot
       | to try out my own ideas for aircraft, like a VTOL wing that can
       | transition to level flight.
       | 
       | So many other projects in the queue...
        
         | stavros wrote:
         | You can join our ArduPilot Telegram group if you need help,
         | lately the guys there have been making lots of VTOL planes,
         | must be the fashion now:
         | 
         | https://t.me/ArdupilotUsers
        
           | ansible wrote:
           | Thanks.
           | 
           | I just like the elegance of the design of non-tiltrotor
           | VTOLs, in the sense that there aren't a lot of extra parts,
           | just two motors and two control surfaces.
           | 
           | The downside with most designs is the stability of hovering
           | in a cross-wind. You kind of need to automatically yaw so
           | that the wing is span-wise towards the wind. Otherwise it is
           | difficult to maintain position.
        
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