F-SAM - The First Foldable Single-Actuator Rotary Wing MAV

[@yabbaso]

Phenomenal! Intricate control of a single motor to go through all 3 dimensions. Absolutely love it!

[@shamaniccolonic777]

I saw the sped up version in a short and was absolutely mindblown by its agility, I thought it had the ability to fling itself then stop on a dime!! Impressive work nonetheless!

[@SupaSickVizualz]

I thought the same exact thing 😭 I was like if they can make a bigger one then BOOM spaceship 🤣

[@Shrimp8008]

Thats why im here too. Amazing nonetheless

[@mavince]

Same, wanted to verify with a slightly more detailed source

[@kmine6798]

Bro same 😭

[@proxyhx2075]

I love this thing so much, how one propeller can control all the 3 axis still amazes me!

[@dpjazzy15]

Energy requirements for hovering must be lower than a normal quad on 2 fronts. Single motor AND the body is acting like a wing, generating more thrust, like a plane flying. If this can be adapted across the drone market, it'll be a huge leap in flight time! Now we gotta figure out software for the spinning video 🤣😂🤣😂

[@bgalvanizer]

If you could try to emulate a rolling shutter, capture an image very quickly each rotation and stitch them together. The frame rate would go up if the aircraft increases it's spin rate

[@flamaest]

@@bgalvanizer THIS exactly. 3-10 frames p/sec should work for down-and-dirty aerial recon.

[@toolbaggers]

@@flamaest No need for dirty vision when they have 360 degree super fisheye cameras. It's a software issue.

[@futotta-neko]

Encase the camera in a ball bearing so the spinning wing wont affect where the camera is pointing

[@ItsMr_Z]

360 camera + accomodations for rotation, then add some kind of waypoint selection (telling the drone where to jump to next) and you could have the austrailians using remote control boomerangs

[@drewachong]

Pretty cool project. It looks like a lot of work went into researching and designing this. Do you have any plans to sell this, either as a kit or DIY plans? It would be fun to build something like this with my kids. They'd enjoy learning how it works.

[@nisemono677]

Tbh at first look like Boomerang RC with the flight pattern you got there, still impressive for engineers who made this efficient yet a new invention for drone tech 👍

[@DrChewy71]

This is brilliant. Great job! I want to build one!

[@PalmTreess19]

Very outside the box! Amazing

[@JoeGator23]

It has been around since the early days of model flight. Basically a toy compared to even a DJI Mini I in terms of any useful application. There will never be a way to ever guard that prop. One touch of anything and it's a downer. Drones fare much better, even in bird attacks. Fun to watch, though.

[@KURTZ123456]

This is a very, very cool idea! You are great!

[@lightdark00]

The maple seed effect.

[@asterlofts1565]

You are right.

[@Foreignmonk34]

Wat

[@robertomartin4453]

It is something that cannot be described. Mobility to change direction during the flight. Wow! Human intelligence approaches alien intelligence.

[@santka3739]

It's incredible, at least at first sight! Pure science 😜👍 Well done! Congratulations! 👏👏👏

[@kaito3706]

Dammit, sir they glitched the physics engine again!

[@jd7ub]

100% will be used for military purpose in the future

[@lord_of_love_and_thunder]

Very impressive and interesting!

[@MrksKr]

Amazing work!

[@HOW_2_CAD]

The maneuvering is great using a single motor.

[@mevlad]

I am wondering what camera shots from this drone look like.

[@PhilippBlum]

If you add a camera to it and some software to process the feed, you might be able to make a 360 camera out of it.

[@wiciuwiciu2783]

No way! Designers must have 4-dimension imagination to make it work.

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Proof of concept is amazing.

[@richardurwin]

Super impressive!

[@xxBlackpspxx]

You sped up the most interesting part of the video: max lateral speed test

[@2nd-place]

Interesting work, but would this ever have any useful application? It doesn’t seem to be able to carry a load and it doesn’t seem like you could get a useful video feed from it with the spinning. Seems like it would be rather unstable in moderate wind conditions and even indoors it was wobbling around quite a bit. For some reason it reminds me of a bat.

[@vgman94]

Could be useful for taking air samples in calm conditions. Cheap, low cost and more easy to produce in large numbers.

[@thomastaylor8657]

I could easily derive video from it. Ask me how

[@nowake]

I bet you could hang something on a pivot mount at its axis of rotation

[@nocache]

@@thomastaylor8657how

[@GUYBITTON]

This is funny looking, But very creative, good job

[@denizzzka]

How more energy efficient is it compared to a conventional quadcopter?

[@marcrhodes3676]

I can imagine a camera on it would make you dizzy.

[@BrandoDrum]

Maybe if you spin the opposite direction in a desk chair it would offset the effects

[@thomastaylor8657]

It's called software stabilization. Likely 5 frames per second at its nominal speed.

[@gdmt]

Mahogany seed effect definitely. Loved those seeds when I first saw them during my boy scout days.

[@dakshgiri3367]

very creative! keep up the good work

[@mingming5915]

this is amazing!

[@allenwarburton8627]

This is (as many people have already said) a very cool idea, but what kind of applications would it be good for?

[@venomr6rider]

Batarang anyone???

[@gawbagecan]

Pretty much just sensor data collection, communications relay, etc.

[@thomastaylor8657]

Weapons, recon, demolition of mines, make them sticky so they bind up other drones, my list goes on. I see nearly 100 uses.

[@allenwarburton8627]

@@thomastaylor8657 ok I guess I see a few that could work

[@matir1225]

Is there any way at all this might work in low density atmosphere such as Mars? And oppositely, is there any chance to make it with acid resistant materials for Venusian-like atmosphere?

[@BicycleFunk]

Nice work.

[@m.irfanbasharat4480]

Incredible💞

[@pr4wn5tar]

Really cool, great innovation

[@adamsweet]

How high can it fly? How does it do in a windy area, rain or other weather conditions? 🤔

[@FCbudaletina]

Will it come with a camera?

[@santka3739]

Not a problem - just use rotary synchronized camera ☝😁✌️

[@amazingdiyprojects]

Well done!

[@kino_cinante]

When will there be a carbon fiber version?

[@TechMalaya]

its like boomerang.

[@siewyuk]

It's almost VTOL right?

[@brade2163]

People involved in making this please reach out to me if you want to change future!

[@lvstrip21]

I saw a disc no noise 😅we are so behind

[@JinKee]

Watch out for the manhacks Gordon!

[@ZenakuShinobi]

This is Ingenius!

[@miron__]

it was built by ingineers

[@kennya51]

Looks very safe haha good job

[@exposingalie]

Not bad. Especially if there are cutting blades on both sides. Adjustable machete. Неплохо. Особенно, если с двух сторон будут режущие лезвия. Управляемое мачете.

[@thomastaylor8657]

Or a wrecking ball mass basses projectile or rocket

[@thomastaylor8657]

Please hire me or I will post some mind blowing uses for tech like this.

[@thomastaylor8657]

A simple concave lense aka 3d camera and software with motion tracking software would fix your camera problem

[@nocache]

I see

[@saeed6811]

This is how a UFO sighting looks like.

[@Agency-1001]

Nice and i want to re-use your video in my accounts please

[@cokevspepsi516]

Let's get some onboard camera footage🤢

[@muggzzzzz]

Imagine controlling this thing via FPV.

[@Cardinalbins]

Listen to it, how quiet it is. It barely consumes energy

[@dantegarcia654]

It's a boomerang if you think about it

[@cipofly]

🤔 ci si potrebbe fare un tagliaerba , bello ma è molto strano quel drone 😃

[@greatlife1852]

And what is good in this !

[@CMAenergy]

No body should be forced to listen to the lies of advertizing before they actually view the desired video Now your drone has a problem that has not been proven How do you use it for a video camera? with such a high rotation of said vehicle

[@miron__]

when you build your own drone, you too will be able to put any advertisement before it

[@CMAenergy]

@@miron__ Seems someone has used my logo and posted a comment I do not recall ever seeing or maaking.

[@maksimsergeevich5939]

Attach an axe to this and it is gonna be a good anti-zombie weapon. But don't play with a grandfather.

[@raztaz826]

Nice batarang!

[@allenuber]

Fpv on that thing would be nuts! Lol

[@tahanlaoboy]

Good for confusing the radars

[@cameraguy1365]

Wow

[@Z3nHolEminD]

Moves like a bat 🦇 eating echoeS

[@putomarcos]

Skynet!

[@pilotavery]

Why TF was this invented.

[@thomastaylor8657]

Because it's a cheap and powerful drone. It's actually much bigger in the future.

[@miron__]

burrito

[@dim_qwe]

Охереть

[@borisafanasiev2365]

Now try and take some video let alone pictures from this flying nonsense 🤣