Re: 10/21/2004 Meeting Minutes

At 03:45 PM 10/22/2004 -0700, David Masten wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 15:19, Doug Jones wrote:
> > A thought- even if the power isn't enough to fly, can you try
> > picking it up and moving it in various axes to see if the motor
> > speeds respond in a reasonable fashion?
>
>Great minds thinking alike. ;-) That's how I know the motor command
>output looks reasonable. I also pushed the joystick around and watched
>the outputs increase and decrease according to which way I pointed the
>joystick.

I blithely assured Doug that even *he* wouldn't pick up Gizmocopter when it 
was running.  I sure wouldn't.  Leave it to the safety officer to risk 
painful cuts and bruises in the pursuit of air under the gear.

What's the rotor tip speed, again?  :-)

-R

Randall Clague
Government Liaison
XCOR Aerospace
[email protected]
661-824-4714


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