Volocopter 2x – Safer Alternative to a Personal Helicopter
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#2I've been following e-volo for several years. I think they have a winning design here, unless there is an obvious design flaw I am not seeing.
Re: Volocopter 2x – Safer Alternative to a Personal Helicopter
#3I've been following e-volo for several years. I think they have a winning design here, unless there is an obvious design flaw I am not seeing.
They have such a cool concept. Safer, cleaner and user friendly controls for a Helicopter alternative. I do hope they increase the flying altitude so it can meet the FAA guidelines (500 ft) of flying in congested areas (town/cities).
Re: Volocopter 2x – Safer Alternative to a Personal Helicopter
#4I've been following e-volo for several years. I think they have a winning design here, unless there is an obvious design flaw I am not seeing.
Obvious design flaws:
1. it's really ugly
2. can't glide if the power fails
Re: Volocopter 2x – Safer Alternative to a Personal Helicopter
#5I've been following e-volo for several years. I think they have a winning design here, unless there is an obvious design flaw I am not seeing.
Obvious design flaws: 1. it's really ugly 2. can't glide if the power fails
Helicopter glide property is important because most are single engine. You could easily put several independent motor + battery partitions in this one.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obvious design flaws: 1. it's really ugly 2. can't glide if the power fails
Helicopter glide property is important because most are single engine. You could easily put several independent motor + battery partitions in this one.
but then, wouldn't fuel efficiency go down?
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#9I've been following e-volo for several years. I think they have a winning design here, unless there is an obvious design flaw I am not seeing.
They have such a cool concept. Safer, cleaner and user friendly controls for a Helicopter alternative. I do hope they increase the flying altitude so it can meet the FAA guidelines (500 ft) of flying in congested areas (town/cities).
This article says it has a maximum altitude of 2000m: http://insideevs.com/e-volo-volocopter-vc200-electric-multir...
Re: Volocopter 2x – Safer Alternative to a Personal Helicopter
#101. Helicopters (multi or single rotor) are significantly less fuel efficient than planes per distance and per time
2. Electric planes are just barely approaching the flying time that is anything beyond being a joke
3. These guys do not state their flying time
My guess? It is so bad that it is not worth mentioning.