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		iamwil on Dec 16, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Killing Robot Being Tested by Lockheed Martin All the thrusters are in a circular plane around the KV. How does it balance itself front to back when its thrusters are all in a 2D plane?

a-priori on Dec 16, 2008 [–]

My guess is it either has thrusters on an angle to the plane that we're not seeing, or it has an internal gyroscope.

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