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eurasiantiger
on Jan 29, 2023
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Toroidal propeller allows a drone to operate more ...
You could mount each toroidal blade on an angled pivot and use rpm control to change the pitch. This enables thrust vectoring.
taneq
on Jan 30, 2023
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This might be what you're referring to, but Tom Stanton built a swashplateless 4 axis R/C helicopter (albeit not with toroidal blades) based on this principle:
https://youtu.be/d80oXSCcHTk
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