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While this looks cute, the stated application is dumb. You see, there’s a solution to the problem of detecting boats in the area surronding a ship.

The solution is cheap, well-tested, quite dependable, and really not the major problem in dealing with pirates. It’s called “radar” and all ships larger than about 100 feet have it (as well as many smaller ships)

Now, spy-drones are useful, no doubt about it. But detecting that a boat is in the area surrounding another boat, just isn’t one of them.

Very cool, but dynamically the fan “should” be more external to add momentum, ok maybe it goes fast but it’s a waste of energy, try it more towards the tail and heavy batteries in the middle, so that works much better to me, or at least eliminate the fan and have a coaxial hely

So, will the customer be happy with a device that spins dangerously on takeoff and landing, and can’t hover? I know you mean well, but this looks like another “solution in seach of a problem”, since it doesn’t do anything that fixed-wing planes can’t do already.

Sorry Gunnar but to detect a small wooden skiff between waves, your radar will be useless. But I agree with Al and Bryan… looks great but can’t fly…

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very intersting , l wish to get contact with the desinger

adam

Strong coastal winds will knock this thing ON IT’S ASS, and even loaded with li-po’s you’ll get a 10min flight at best, I mean come on what is that fan doing? make up your mind.

Umm.. wouldn’t the downward current from the main rotor cause significant loss of thrust for the fan beneath it?

Haters

Sorry this doesn’t stand a chance. You have a big round nose blocking the air into fan creating unwanted turbulance. Better to move the fan to the nose. Better to move the li-po’s to the C.G. Better still to power it with a nitro R/C engine. Better still to toss the rotor and add wings. You hand launch it and catch it in a net.

about the somali “pirates” … you should know they have good reasons to attack ships in the area -> ilegal chemical dumping on the cost of somalia and ilegal overfishing. do inform yourself.

yeah theres no way this will work

Being a huge RC helicopter fan and avid pilot th are some serious flaws in this little bird , I dont understand how this would work with out a counter rotation system ?? Perhaps I am missing something but it just won’t work !
Cheers
And happy pirate hunting

Being a huge RC helicopter fan and avid pilot th are some serious flaws in this little bird , I dont understand how this would work with out a counter rotation system ?? Perhaps I am missing something but it just won’t work !
Cheers
And happy pirate hunting

it is obvious that the designer have not idea about aerodynamics, mechanical design or even physics. Really nice design for a movie, but not for real life.

it is obvious that the designer have not idea about aerodynamics, mechanical design or even physics. Really nice design for a movie, but not for real life.

This justifies criminal gangs armed with RPGs etc taking over ships worth millions and disrupting international trade in order for these gangs to make many millions of dollars from bribes and ransoms? Does this money go to the people who may be affected by the dumping you refer to? How about the several hundred innocent crew members currently held? How about their families? Get real, this is criminal piracy pure and simple.

Expensive, impractical, and especially useless in any kind of wind or adverse weather.Designer ever built and flown one? Certainly never been exposed to marine conditions! (Myself involved in UAV business for over fifty years).

Poster can’t spell either? Crows Next should have been Crows Nest? And thats where to put the camera,(Including infra red ability of course for night work) in the Crows Nest.

Is this helicopter for sale anywere???

I guess this is what is called “A flight of fancy”!