Comment Re:Flight issues at small scale? (Score 2, Interesting) 151
Its all about Mass.
a full scale (real) heli in a hover is easier to control due to the mass of the aircraft. wind and turbulance have much less effect on it and the craft as a whole reacts "slower".
when you get down to the .60 size choppers slight winds and such that wouldnt be even felt with a full scale start to buffet the chopper requiring more input . it also reacts quicker then the fullscale due to less mass being thrown around.
when you get to something like the pixel sized... a small fan can be catostrophic.
same with airplanes. a 1/2A scale plane (.049 sized engine) is a whole lot harder to fly then a 40% giant.... but a lot cheaper.
a full scale (real) heli in a hover is easier to control due to the mass of the aircraft. wind and turbulance have much less effect on it and the craft as a whole reacts "slower".
when you get down to the
when you get to something like the pixel sized... a small fan can be catostrophic.
same with airplanes. a 1/2A scale plane (.049 sized engine) is a whole lot harder to fly then a 40% giant.... but a lot cheaper.
