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Originally Posted by JesseK
There's a fundamental design flaw with this, if you continue to use the sheet.
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/my...p-lift-off.htm
They demonstrated this with miniature helicopters -- the helos could lift themselves in unison when all connected to the same wooden lattice. Yet once they mounted a sheet underneath the lattice, the helos couldn't get off the ground.
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Technically, if the surface underneath the bees/mini-helicopters was curvedl, they could use the
Coanda Effect for lift.
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Originally Posted by nighterfighter
Each CIM wouldn't be experiencing very heavy loads though. The stall current is 133 Amps, and the free current is 2.7 Amps.
While they wouldn't be at free current, they wouldn't be drawing massive amounts of current if they are powering a light-weight rotor, would they?
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Nope. The mechanical power output is found by multiplying the torque times the rotational speed. For a DC brushed motor, torque and speed are inversely related, thus the output power forms a parabola with a maximum value at the mid-point. A CIM Motor at peak output power will be drawing 67.9 amps.