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UAV Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles > Honeywell MAV: Not quite a heli, but close?

w8qz
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Location: Walker, MI - USA

This looks interesting - kinda like the foam-ring-thing sold back in the seventies (forgot the name of it) - but better. Maybe I can talk my boss into buying one to 'test'

(gotta evaluate what the competition is doing, right?)

[url=http://www.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=aerospace&page=mav_video&theme=T8]

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

09-19-2007 03:58 PM

ErichF
Key Veteran
Location: Odessa, FL 33556 (Tampa Area)

A most un-impressive noise machine. I had the chance to witness one of those contraptions "fly", and I had to cover my ears. It hovers just fine, but tell it to go somewhere, it get's all weird. No payload of any consequence, either.

Erich

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09-19-2007 09:24 PM

realwiz
Senior Heliman
Location: Medina, Ohio, USA

They sell those at Radio Shack for $19.

09-20-2007 04:31 PM

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JasonF
Senior Heliman
Location: Northern VA

I agree, for the amount of money DARPA has given Honeywell to design those things, it is not all that impressive. A mobile fuel to noise converter.

09-21-2007 02:54 AM

wxyz
Senior Heliman
Location: calif*, U know where

The advantages with ducted fan VTOL's is they can fly closer to people without an exposed rotor, they're simpler than full swashplate/tilt/teeter rotors, they could probably survive more crashes, they could transition to faster forward flight. The ducted fan is still notoriously inefficient compared to an exposed rotor. Still waiting for someone to make one out of a gas turbine.

Noting down some of the other ducted fan VTOL's.

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4539/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7AuDBtSEac

09-21-2007 09:23 PM

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