Flexaris

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[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

Drones are controlled by varying the speed of the motors while helicopters are controlled by varying the pitch of the blades at various points in the rotation. If a motor fails on a drone then it's lost, there is no way of controlling it. The helicopter rotor will spin while falling and the pilot can then mechanically control the pitch of the blades purely mechanically which gives some control.

The change of pitch in the helicopter rotor throughout the rotation can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0shLv2_Rtnc

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 82 points 7 months ago

they don't match :(

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Could it be the dampers? When you slow down or brake the weight will shift forward which will move the dampers. Does it also happen when accelerating?

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Psych reference?

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 months ago

Hopefully it means a reduced mass since the booster doesn't need any landing legs which means more performance. The idea is that boosters should be quickly reusable, basically landing and being refueled before flying again. That would take more time with a separate landing location

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You mean Magic Head?

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 11 months ago

It's not necessarily dead just taken out of combat, a lot are wounded and unable to fight.

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

I feel like ars is really putting out a lot of articles about Starliner. Well deserved I would say.

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well expecting people to know that exact part from the episode number is expecting a bit much. Being salty about it doesn't help your case. It's just not that funny either.

[–] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 49 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Does 'hand to mouth' mean it's being sent away and used as soon as it's produced?

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