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Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 2-20 03:09
If "straighten" means put them in the flying positions, then the Minis are something of an oddity and straightening will not work.
Mini propellor blades are so free to rotate about their pivots that when the motor is started I would bet that the blades are 'left behind' and end up in the position shown in these photos, once there the blades will start to move with the motor but in getting "there" they will hit the the shoulder of their partner blade with a smack each time. As proof take note of the position the blades end up in each and every time the motors stop, (the motors are actively braked) it is the reverse of the photos, i.e the leading edge of each blade is against the shoulder of its partner.
I did wonder about exactly that - what the best startup position would actually be.
Thinking about the props not picking up speed quick enough due to their inertia, I wondered if putting them in the 'hit' position to start with might help then it would be a static force rather than a moving force, but that twitch would put paid to that idea.
I'm guessing, then, there's probably not much we can do to prevent it...
Would still be interested in seeing a slo-mo video of the props at startup, though.
My other halfs phone does great super-slo-mo but it's really hard to time it! |
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