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VIDEO: Pulse Aerospace's VAPOR Unmanned Electric Helicopter

Discussion in 'Helicopters' started by GPS, May 10, 2012.

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    Almost gets me re-interested in helicopters...almost.

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESHgb1NY-3Y[/youtube]

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    I spoke with the systems engineer for this helicopter last month. Real nice guys who actually were interested in the applications that I was asking about with this heli. We got to talking about flight duration and they said with the right battery you can get over 30 minutes with that huge thing. I asked how they were doing this, expecting a (it's top secret, we can't say) answer, he went one to explain that it was a combination of efficient, low drag air foil, but mostly low rotor RPM. Low RPM is easy to spin, but causes instability, with thier version of "attitude mode" it overcomes the stability issue and hangs in the air.

    They also have one of the only 5 axis IMU's in the industry which is design to give an indication of a primary axis failure with identification of which one it is.

    http://www.pulseaero.com/products/5-axis-imu.php

    If you noticed last Sunday I had one popsicle stick on the tail of my heli, and only two on the skid struts behid the gopro for a total of three contact points? I got that idea from the landing gear on this Pulse heli.
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    But with some work you can get most anything to fly for half an hour these days  :D

    I would suggest fast forward with this one, but the Mah meter is in the lower left of the OSD. At 11 minutes you get into a 2,200 Mah battery which indicates the efficency of the setup since we can usually only fly a 450 for 6-7 minutes on that size of battery.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujnEuqzWKM
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    Thirty minutes flight time would be awesome.  That's where I want to get to but with my hexacopter.
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    The Pulse has made the FAA weight class for sUAS:

    http://www.suasnews.com/2012/05/15742/vapor-unmanned-helicopter-lands-atop-new-faa-weight-restriction

    Should help them with success.
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    Hmmm.  25 pounds eh.  That would be a sweet hexacopter.  Less moving parts and easier to maintain and fly too.  I bet we could get way more than an hour flight time with a 25 pound multirotor.
    GPS, May 17, 2012
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