Quadrotors? Who Needs 'Em?

erco

Not this guy. One prop is plenty for him. These R/C pros make a flying a plain old plane look easy. And this is a BIG gas plane. Makes me wonder how many hours and models it took for the pilot to get this good.

Publison

I fly those all the time, it's easy.



On my flight simulator.

xanatos

That's insane! I'm impressed!

SRLM

$1250 ARF: http://www.hangar-9.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=HAN1050

mindrobots

The first move on take-off had me worried, it was real close to taking the wing off....after that, it was easy peazy...for him.
100cc, isn't that like flying a Vespa?

kwinn

mindrobots wrote: »

The first move on take-off had me worried, it was real close to taking the wing off....after that, it was easy peazy...for him.
100cc, isn't that like flying a Vespa?

100cc got my go-cart to over 70MPH on some tracks. Wonder if that would be enough for carrying a single person in the prone position?

Gadgetman

Probably not...

the worlds lightest airplane used a 30HP engine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecraft_Wee_Bee
(Pilot had to lie prone on top of the fuselage)

The DA-100L (newer version of the 100cc DA-100) can produce 9.8HP
http://www.desertaircraft.com/engines_detail.php?Page=DA-100

Maybe if you build a 2 or 4 engine plane?