3D Quad & How It Works - PROJECT

by FliteTest | January 29, 2014 | (18) Posted in Projects

 

If you haven't already seen our Stingray 500 episode, you might want to check that out first. That will help to give you an idea of how crazy complicated this thing can get.

Fortunately, Curtis helped to explain what is going on under the hood. 

This quad is flown using varying pitch. The rotors pitch up or down in specific patterns to make to quad move in specific directions. 

As you can imagine, if you are doing 3D the amount of thinking needed to be done by the board is mind blowing. This is why the Stingray 500 has a custom board designed by Curtis and his father. 

 

Check out the video for the details (Curtis can explain it better than us anyway) and if you want to discuss this yourself, leave a comment or chat it up in the forums!

COMMENTS

PfiberOptik on January 29, 2014
Love the Stingray!
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lewisrl4x4 on January 29, 2014
The Stingray is awesome!
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camoy on February 4, 2014
I must say that having starting flying helicopters first I love my Stingray. It is just awesome to have the flight characteristics of a quad but the 3D capability of a CP Heli. The Stingray is just so stable on my second flight I felt comfortable enough with the control of the quad to fly it inverted. Usually with a new helicopter/plane I will take 4-5 flights easy to make sure nothing is wrong and to get things dialed in.

Thanks Curtis for bringing a great CP quad to the market and expanding from helicopters.
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sailorJohn on January 30, 2014
Fantastic piece of machinery but like the flying giants ,a bit out of my price range. Maybe use part of the technology for some foamys ,like the 3d that can fly backwards------challenge----!
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3D Quad & How It Works - PROJECT