Single-propeller 'drone' flies when you throw it like a frisbee
 

Single-propeller 'drone' flies when you throw it like a frisbee
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A drone, or quadcopter as it's technically called, typically has four propellers to generate e**ugh thrust to let it hover in the air. The propellers are arranged in such a way to counterbalance the weight of the drone itself.

Researchers at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich have created a new kind of flying machine (technically, **t a drone) that only needs one blade to fly.

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The flying machine is called the Mo**spinner and is billed as the "simplest, controllable, flying machine in existence" since it lacks actuators and aerodynamic surfaces. It only has one moving part: the rotating propeller. Read more...


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