Comments for "World's smallest personal helicopter" Video at VideoSift.com

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://douchebag.videosift.com) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:14:21 -0800

*eia

he doesn't look in the least bit silly.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:14:24 -0800

Adding video to channels (Eia) - requested by rottenseed.

By deedub81

deedub81 (http://www.videosift.com/member/deedub81) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:23 -0800

"GO, GO GADGET COPTER!"

By RhesusMonk

RhesusMonk (http://www.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:13:40 -0800

Frikkin' phenomenal

By Arsenault185

Arsenault185 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Arsenault185) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:01:46 -0800

Dude, I'm sorry, but unless that killamatron is AT least a foot taller than i am, im not going anywhere NEAR it.

By dw1117

dw1117 (http://www.videosift.com/member/dw1117) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:57:27 -0800

This is in EIA simply because of his hat.

By Ryjkyj

Ryjkyj (http://www.videosift.com/member/Ryjkyj) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:14:57 -0800

SWEET!

How much and what kind of fuel supply?

By E_Nygma

E_Nygma (http://www.videosift.com/member/E_Nygma) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:33:07 -0800

where's hobbes?

By oxdottir

oxdottir (http://www.videosift.com/member/oxdottir) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:10:43 -0800

I asked the aeronautical phd in the next office, and he says this is a fine toy, but doesn't have much redundancy, and thus isn't very safe. He sent me a link to a similarly small helo, but crafted from 4 single-stroke engines, and thus much safer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jfx7TduKwWw. I'm tempted to sift it, but there isn't much content so maybe I will just leave it here. Should I put it in the comments?

By jimnms

jimnms (http://www.videosift.com/member/jimnms) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:04:35 -0800

A friend of mine sent me a link to a this a few months ago, but it's from a different camera. It's not a personal helicopter, it's a guy being lifted by an RC helicopter. The guy underneath has no control over the helicopter, it's being controlled by another person with a remote.

Here's the other view:

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1506859

By oxdottir

oxdottir (http://www.videosift.com/member/oxdottir) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:21:57 -0800

The aero PhD previously mentioned told me that the guy was clearly controlling trajectory via body weight, which is not uncommon for specialty enthusiasts' craft. So having a person making an RC motor spin does not preclude this being a design for a rider-controlled craft. Think prototype.

But again, look at the link above for a more fully realized vehicle (which currently only one guy has the skill necessary to fly).

Addendum after more closely watching the video jimnms linked: it is possible his controling the vehicle via body weight in the original (sifted) video was more accidental than purposeful, but such control is used in other small air vehicles. It would be interesting to know the order of the two clips in time and if the weight control was purposeful.

By Peroxide

Peroxide (http://www.videosift.com/member/Peroxide) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:25:02 -0800

Finally ! A beanie that works!

By StukaFox

StukaFox (http://www.videosift.com/member/StukaFox) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:08:33 -0800

If Hitler had had those, we'd all be speaking German today! And we'd all be deaf, too.

By furrycloud

furrycloud (http://www.videosift.com/member/furrycloud) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:43:08 -0800

Forget flying cars, those bad boys are the way of the future!!

By choggie

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:10:55 -0800

What's gonna happen if the rotors become unbalanced for some reason?? The neck is the first line of defense for the spine, eh?

Yeah stukafox, if Hitler signed off on those frikkin' dragonfly one-man bombers that need no airstrip, he'd a seen these and ordered them into producktshun in time for the invasion of Poland....

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:49:38 -0800

that guy is going to be deaf

By vairetube

vairetube (http://www.videosift.com/member/vairetube) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:37:47 -0800

can i get one that works without going into my ass and mouth

By kulpims

kulpims (http://www.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:18:12 -0700

*wings

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:18:12 -0700

Adding video to channels (Wings) - requested by kulpims.