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General Misc => Robot Videos => Topic started by: Admin on February 20, 2011, 08:39:50 PM
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My bet is that it has a minutes worth of battery . . . but impressive none-the-less.
more info:
http://www.suasnews.com/2011/02/3815/aerovironment-develops-world%E2%80%99s-first-fully-operational-life-size-hummingbird-like-unmanned-aircraft-for-darpa/ (http://www.suasnews.com/2011/02/3815/aerovironment-develops-world%E2%80%99s-first-fully-operational-life-size-hummingbird-like-unmanned-aircraft-for-darpa/)
AeroVironment's Nano Hummingbird - Without Landing Gear (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xolH02Zba04#ws)
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I wonder if the bill is used as a counter balance?
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My bet is that it has a minutes worth of battery . . . but impressive none-the-less.
According to an endurance test video on their site, they got at least 11mins out of it.
http://www.avinc.com/nano (http://www.avinc.com/nano)
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Pretty cool, I wonder if it's mechanically or digitally stabilized