Mesicopters

Posted by Queuebot in Science & Tech on February 1, 2009 at 1:13 pm


Its hard to believe these little things can even fly. They are about as small as a quarter and are simply cool.

Ilan Kroo and his colleagues at Stanford hope to use them for Mars exploration or atmospheric research one day!

Link – via djowtlaw

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4 comments to "Mesicopters"

  1. Alex
    February 1st, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Unfortunately, this will never happen. Ilan Kroo's research at Stanford University concluded that:

    Propeller designs did not achieve desired efficiency and the Mesicopter was never able to lift the weight of its own energy source.

  2. roger
    February 1st, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    Given that this project ended ten years ago, looks like it wont happen. But don't say never!: microaircraft are a very active research area, I've seen somewhat larger ones capable of hoisting their power supplies.

  3. renderanything
    February 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 am

    I don't really see how something that could be destroyed by a sneeze is going to help Martian exploration, but perhaps I'm just not thinking outside the box.

  4. JackofManyQuestions
    March 6th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    If this was 10 years ago, then how far has the research progressed? Does anyone know of others who are currently building such small flyers?


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