World's first manned flight with an electric multicopter

At the end of October 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an electric multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. The...

Comment by Nigel on July 15, 2012 at 11:50am

Does anyone know what controllers/motors/props they used?


Seems like it must be putting out at least 5Kg of thrust per prop/motor unit across 16 units.

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