Kasama's gas turbine UAV prototype

[Jamin_00]

Actually got some forward flight

DTI RTN KSM150V1 GT Forward Flight - YouTube!

[d a baker]

This is really good, something very special about the sound of a turbine. I lost orientation after about 10 feet.
Is the undercarriage stainless steel or titanium?

[Jamin_00]

Not sure tbh. Thats like quads, how people keep orientation is beyond me lol

[Stuart]

Not quite sure if I see the logic myself - certainly different if not wierd.

[d a baker]

Not quite sure if I see the logic myself - certainly different if not wierd.

I like different

[Jamin_00]

Its for the Thai navy so im sure it has some logic somewhere lol but like you Stu, cant see it myself

[d a baker]

I think that the Thai navy are on a loser with this one. It will sink

[dani_r]

Why test it over the water? If anything happens its a total loss!

[Jamin_00]

Because they just had some massive floods and that is outside the factory where they test loads of stuff.

[Grant_beltcp]

I'm guessing that the dual tail rotor design has been used for dual redundancy on the machine. One of the most common failures in a Heli is to do with the tail, so it does make good sense on something to important.
I don't know what the role of this machine is, but I'm guessing it's more for surveillance than anything else.

[acwman]

looks a little shakey to me. Looking at the onboard camera which looks to be pointing at the belt, it looks to shake about quite a bit.. or maybe it's normal.

[Jamin_00]

Looks like tail related gain issue but then with 2 tails bet it can be a bit of a pain.

[Baldie]

Looking at it, it seems to be designed so that the boom dosnt stick out past the rotors. I'm guessing they needed 2 tails to counteract the torque on the short boom.

[robocow]

And this is what happens if we're not more proactive on banning helicopter incest...

[d a baker]

Looking at it, it seems to be designed so that the boom dosnt stick out past the rotors. I'm guessing they needed 2 tails to counteract the torque on the short boom.

yes, but why? What does it actually achieve?