Comment by Rui Manuel Cravo Marques on February 8, 2012 at 7:41pm

it looks great. I thought ducted fan multis would be difficult to control but it doesn't look like. You can now make your own Avatar Scorpio ship :D I'm thinking on building myself a ducted multi for a while, maybe this would be the incentive I needed. Congratulations.

3D Robotics Comment by Alan Sanchez on February 8, 2012 at 8:10pm

looks great Ed!

Moderator Comment by Ellison Chan on February 8, 2012 at 9:22pm

Very neat.  It's too bad we can't make quads out of ducted fans, and the battery life issue.

Comment by Brian Boatright on February 8, 2012 at 9:35pm

Cool!

Is there an advantage to using ducted fans? It seems much louder than normal open prop.

Moderator Comment by Jack Crossfire on February 8, 2012 at 9:38pm

The cost of crashing an EDF keeps the popularity down.

Comment by David on February 8, 2012 at 9:42pm

Awesome! Good work sir.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on February 8, 2012 at 10:50pm

They are great at converting energy into noise

Moderator Comment by Ellison Chan on February 8, 2012 at 11:00pm

In defence or edf's, they are good generating high thrust, and of course are less prone to influence by turbulent air. (i.e. wind)  They're just not very good at generating efficient lift for quads.  If only there was a way to make them more efficient.

Comment by avionics on February 8, 2012 at 11:06pm

Well Done Ed, this was in my head for a long time and I am glad somebody had the courage to put into action.

great work and good luck.

Developer Comment by John Arne Birkeland on February 9, 2012 at 2:47am

Next step, jet turbines.. :)

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