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Two-Seat Electric Octodecacopter Completes Early Flight Tests
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wired.com
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grannyg00se
on Nov 26, 2013
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mdturnerphys
on Nov 26, 2013
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Any explanation of what the advantages are to having so many rotors? Based on a recently-linked article [1], it seems like you'd take a big efficiency hit.
[1]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6730309
shirro
on Nov 26, 2013
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Crazy. Zero chances of that auto-rotating you safely down to earth when you lose power.
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[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6730309