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Old 23rd Apr 2017, 05:27
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Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie
When viewed full-screen, you can see lots of little wobbles in the pitch and yaw plane - a machine of real size and weight (with the subsequent inertia in pitch and roll) could not wobble that fast without some serious stresses.
That's what also caught my eye. It's unfortunate that this start-up felt compelled to release video of a vehicle that clearly does not conform to a production configuration, making a very brief flight that demonstrated some potential stability/control issues.
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