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Old 01-05-2016, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by rgburrill
Itc, I could give you a number of electronic systems for helicopters and planes that would prove you are wrong but I won't. You basic assumption is just flat wrong. The simple, one solid reason the AMA is in trouble has nothing to do with multirotor, it is FPV. And that problem started long before multirotors existed.
Please prove me wrong

or put another way...
go grab a new "pilot"
hand him a MR (headless, self stabilizing, no GPS or FPV)
ask him to take off, fly one circuit and then land
now hand him a fixed wing airplane (EDF, prop, turbine) and ask to do the same (take off, fly one circuit and land)

99% of the time I know which craft ends up in pieces
(hint: it's the one with wings)

i spent the first part of my career designing inertial sensors and systems so I know a bit about electronic systems, but welcome the discussion

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