LSU MAV Prototype Demonstration

[protogenius]

NICE! ! !

I Particularly like how you have used a wii controler, that was genius.

How would it do with longer blades?

[joelrav]

Awsome project !! Done very professionally

[magicmike1122]

pretty cool but the problem with micro uavs is that weight is everything. You can get the same footage with a 450 sized heli that you get with this heli and on a bigger heli you can carry more weight for example on my Fpv funcopter i can carry the whole fpv system which is 12oz and also i could still add another 5oz no problem so that allows you to add bells and whistles. But micro is something i want to get into.

[SGTSnakeUSMC]

Nice!

[omnianti0]

fun at 4:45

[omnianti0]

asymetric design is just waste

[slafkec]

yep, it's definitely very quiet

[ARMOROID5000]

Please respond!!

Can a 1 bladed helecopter be made using just a counter weight to balance against the one blade?

What about a TIP JET version to reduce the amount of mechanical parts?

Super neat project!

Is this the prototype of the airhogs miniheli's sold in toystores now?

[magicmike1122]

@ARMOROID5000 look up nightflyyer 1 bladed heli

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@ARMOROID5000 The one blade will produce reactive torque in the opposite direction only a force countering this will work. However, if a counter weight with greater mass than the blade is set in the opposite motion near the axis of rotation it also would produce a torque which will counter the torque generated by the blade.

Your right, toy helicopters sold at walmart already use the principle of a center rotary shaft with counter rotating blades for lift and stability.

[renasc]

Excellent Video!

[jafomab]

yup this is bs

[maydayfire]

they sell these in radio shack for 50$!

[maklinchi]

Are you sure the max speed of the rotors is higher than 5000? Since the number of the lower blades is 2. You may need to divid the measured number by 2. Also, we built similar MAV and our MAVSTAR fit within 30cm can generate 455g lift force at the speed less than 3000RPM. So yours should carry 900g if the speed is higher than 5000RPM.

[rsajan1]

We measured the rotor speed using reflective tape attached to only one of the 2 lower blades, so the value should be accurate. Also, our MAV was designed to fit in a 7 inch(~18cm) cube, which means the blade lengths are different. So the lift force will be different.

[maklinchi]

Oh, great! How much lift force can this MAV create?

[maklinchi]

Are you sure the max speed of the rotors is higher than 5000? Since the number of the lower blades is 2. You may need to divid the measured number by 2. Also, we built similar MAV and our MAVSTAR fit within 30cm can generate 455g lift force at the speed less than 3000RPM. So yours should carry 900g if the speed is higher than 5000RPM.

[ieatcrayons42078]

cool