Re: 10/21/2004 Meeting Minutes

On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 16:22, Randall Clague wrote:
> 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.

The motors could not spin up unless there was a ~2" arc through the air
between the bus leads and the motor leads. I disconnected the motors,
the computer and IMU are on a different circuit.

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

A few thousand RPM. BTW, you'd feel the blade hit, but would stop the
blade and motor without bruises, cuts, or worse. *If* you stuck just
your pinky finger in, in just the right way, the blades might dislocate
a joint.

-- 
David Masten <[email protected]>