World's first manned flight with an electric multicopter

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • The first manned flight with an electric vertical take-off and landing multicopter (eVTOL) was performed by Volocopter. The flight lasted 90 seconds, after which the pilot Thomas Senkel stated "The flight characteristics are good natured. Without any steering input it would just hover there on the spot." The flight, which is a Guiness World Record, was performed on October 21st in 2011.
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @lscanlan1
    @lscanlan1 8 лет назад +17

    I do real appreciate this people, they do a lots of research toward this future machine in years to come, for a new generation to come, my encourage keep it up a good work.

  • @edelweisstomner9009
    @edelweisstomner9009 8 лет назад +4

    Anyone wondering about the motors used, I did a little research and found this quote about the motors "Thomas Senkel develops the necessary electrical motors and designs the first prototypes"
    They are apparently custom built

  • @Joinen
    @Joinen 8 лет назад +9

    It's working.... IT'S WORKING!

    • @HDTomo
      @HDTomo 3 года назад

      Your an odd sight to see here

    • @strawhatsam
      @strawhatsam 3 года назад

      [Anakan in a podracer]

  • @3dlabs99
    @3dlabs99 9 лет назад

    I love how you still just control it with the TX and hope nobody else get online on the same channel even when you ride that thing.

  • @adilx1489
    @adilx1489 10 лет назад +8

    atleast with this flying height we can avoid ground type pokemons attack :).hope it increase in future in sha allah

  • @mickdoohan98
    @mickdoohan98 9 лет назад +3

    If you could make one just like giant parot drop it would be cool

  • @manliomoscato
    @manliomoscato 9 лет назад

    Is that a yoga ball underneath the pilot? genius! You make us dream guys

  • @coldriver
    @coldriver 8 лет назад +4

    video starts at 1:41

  • @electriciandallastx9182
    @electriciandallastx9182 8 лет назад +6

    Thanks for the thoughts you have shared here.

  • @fjdubya5726
    @fjdubya5726 9 лет назад +1

    Have you tried a deliberate shutdown of each motor sequentially while in flight, to test the effect on stability in each case? I would be interested to see it. I think it would help greatly with further developments and adaptations.

  • @Kevo216666
    @Kevo216666 9 лет назад +17

    Sure it would be more stable of it wasn't human controlled but done by computer and sensors. It could amazing - respect to the lunatics who try it first.

    • @BasementEngineer
      @BasementEngineer 8 лет назад +4

      +K Russell
      It's both. Multi-rotor aircraft are stabilized by gyro-and-computer control systems. The pilot's control input tells the control system which direction he wants the aircraft to go, but the actual motor speeds are controlled by the computer to keep the aircraft stable.

  • @claireowens6206
    @claireowens6206 5 лет назад

    Looks like a drone married a rainbow vacuum cleaner. But, congrats on being a modern day Wright Brother.

  • @fabiosousa2059
    @fabiosousa2059 7 лет назад

    good! hugs from Brasil and congratulations! :)

  • @delta7743
    @delta7743 8 лет назад

    i never knew those belly exercise balls had a purpose till now

  • @sophiamitchell2189
    @sophiamitchell2189 7 лет назад

    Love your channel!!

  • @imjustwonderful
    @imjustwonderful 9 лет назад +9

    "Honey, have you seen my exercise ball?"

  • @obscure323
    @obscure323 9 лет назад

    I dont really think that qualifies as a "flight" considering that he didnt go anywhere. I think "first hover" was a more appropriate title.

  • @hisamitu2222
    @hisamitu2222 7 лет назад

    Great! I like the word the world first.
    How much weight can this multicopter lift?

  • @onegoner9772
    @onegoner9772 8 лет назад

    you do realize there is a hover board version and hover bike version of this very thing?

  • @shaileshyadav-bi2od
    @shaileshyadav-bi2od 5 лет назад +1

    good machine

  • @PULSTARUnboxing
    @PULSTARUnboxing 8 лет назад

    that is a 100% secure aircraft!

  • @FretFriendGWaL
    @FretFriendGWaL 9 лет назад

    Is that the 60's moon lander without it's shell?

  • @7.5jVs
    @7.5jVs 9 лет назад +3

    Now do a flip

  • @cliffords2315
    @cliffords2315 9 лет назад

    Now this is what im talking about !

  • @toonses4300
    @toonses4300 10 лет назад +4

    It's held together by electrical tape.

  • @geraldharper330
    @geraldharper330 7 лет назад

    Look forward to a trip above the trees.....good luck

  • @ክብርለእዝጋቢሄር
    @ክብርለእዝጋቢሄር 8 лет назад

    what is our advantage from seeing this video?what i mean is you can't see as how to make it rather than what is making in the world.

  • @FooledbyRandomness2
    @FooledbyRandomness2 9 лет назад +20

    3:57 ---->>> i see a nipple

  • @Georgehanes-GJH105775
    @Georgehanes-GJH105775 10 лет назад

    That is really nice, how much for that big of a rig. If a octo-copter for cameras runs 1,200.00 easy I'd almost hate to know.

  • @NaZZ9192
    @NaZZ9192 9 лет назад +7

    YOKA ball suspention. LOL

  • @uni000ver000sal
    @uni000ver000sal 9 лет назад +1

    No good, cockpit needs to carry two pilots at least!
    Isn't that the new German Aviation Regulation?

  • @Antipodean33
    @Antipodean33 9 лет назад

    Very good, well done fellas. That is very impressive

  • @geminirat60
    @geminirat60 8 лет назад

    lets make hamburger, i don't see any practicality for this.

  • @eliasmuller9780
    @eliasmuller9780 9 лет назад +4

    wow. abbo and like

  • @AmodKumar-lc7xs
    @AmodKumar-lc7xs 5 лет назад

    हाय आप के बिङओ देख के मन खुश हुआ है

  • @mikepolley5325
    @mikepolley5325 8 лет назад +1

    how many horse power was your motor?

  • @DXXX79
    @DXXX79 9 лет назад

    looks safe

  • @كابتنمحمودزايد
    @كابتنمحمودزايد 5 лет назад

    What are the objects used and the components and how the plane moves forward and backward weight and w...

  • @Tropicaltemp
    @Tropicaltemp 7 лет назад

    Awesome, a portable human blender.

  • @sachinsingh-yz7xz
    @sachinsingh-yz7xz 5 лет назад

    Very good

  • @fabsbauer8221
    @fabsbauer8221 8 лет назад

    Great achievement. but the team needs someone able to choose better ending themes! that lousy music sounds like a sorry version of the wedding March. thumbs up to the multicopter nevertheless.

  • @NullaNulla
    @NullaNulla 9 лет назад

    DAMN where can I get one? That's some good engineering there.

  • @PawanKumar-eq9ri
    @PawanKumar-eq9ri 6 лет назад +1

    Nice bro

  • @Karirawri
    @Karirawri 10 лет назад

    sounds like a deadly swarm of wasps D:

  • @shahhussainkhan461
    @shahhussainkhan461 5 лет назад

    very nice

  • @mazdarx7887
    @mazdarx7887 8 лет назад

    Cute idea, good fabrication, BUT it in the event of power loss or one motor failure, it's gonna hurt. Gonna need avery good ejection seat$$$$$

  • @tristancoyote1131
    @tristancoyote1131 9 лет назад +26

    Just skip to 1:44 and stop watching by 2:37 if you make it that far.

    • @BeeJayabc123
      @BeeJayabc123 9 лет назад +1

      MothaFxck This comment :D

    • @howardgilmour8464
      @howardgilmour8464 9 лет назад +1

      MothaFxck Thanks buddy. Impressive, but also, lacking somehow. Good project though :)

    • @MatthewToledo
      @MatthewToledo 9 лет назад +2

      +MothaFxck Thanks for the tip. This whole video is really only 30 seconds long surrounded by tons of TL;DR / who cares.

    • @HuyenNguyen-uk4jc
      @HuyenNguyen-uk4jc 9 лет назад

      +Howard Gilmour a

    • @nighthawk0077
      @nighthawk0077 8 лет назад +4

      spoken like a true youtuber with the attention span of a gerbil and no desire to do anything but play videogames lol

  • @formatviolation
    @formatviolation 7 лет назад +4

    Very nice and certainly cutting edge in 2011!
    The pilates ball is a great solution to the eventual spinal crushing of other sit-down manned drones.

  • @archangel20031
    @archangel20031 8 лет назад +3

    Any weight above the blades is a bad idea.
    You and your gear should be the counterweight, and should be mounted UNDER the copter.

    • @archangel20031
      @archangel20031 8 лет назад +1

      +DrZeeebra
      And no doubt a dollar short as well.

    • @albinoginger5913
      @albinoginger5913 8 лет назад

      no that's not true, I fly my syma x8g with a big ass Garmin VIRB camera on with a gopro mount...

  • @lllstrikesmember2
    @lllstrikesmember2 9 лет назад +11

    ITS WORKING !!! ITTTSSSS WOORKINNNGGGG! -Anakin Skywalker

  • @kabong257
    @kabong257 9 лет назад +3

    A demo called "Why petroleum controls the energy markets". :)

  • @rogadev
    @rogadev 9 лет назад +19

    This music would indicate this flight happened back in the 70's I guess.

    • @HuBrIsRaDiO
      @HuBrIsRaDiO 9 лет назад +3

      Ryan Roga what would you prefer, today's shitty music? Then again "wrecking ball," would probably fit nicely in this video.

  • @danielbuckman2727
    @danielbuckman2727 7 лет назад +6

    excellent air frame. it would probably be even more stable with fewer but more powerful motors/engine's

    • @gustavgnoettgen
      @gustavgnoettgen 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/GKBNTP6D1ag/видео.html these guys here achieved high stability with 32 motors.
      I think they will be less efficient than fewer ones, but they are potentially safer if one or more motors fail.
      I think that's better for manned flight - so far -, but cargo drones would be better off with only four or even two motors.

  • @banned.account
    @banned.account 9 лет назад +5

    looks like something you'd build in gmod xD

  • @endwood
    @endwood 9 лет назад +16

    Love it, I want one:-) Well done:-)

  • @wetbadger2174
    @wetbadger2174 7 лет назад +6

    If one blade fails, how will it affect stability?

  • @kieranimator
    @kieranimator 8 лет назад +3

    Wow that helmet is going to do loads to save you if a rotor breaks and imbeds itself into your chest

  • @shawnmcintyre4773
    @shawnmcintyre4773 9 лет назад +15

    I agree the seat below the structure would lower the center of gravity making it easier to balance.

  • @KirkMcLoren
    @KirkMcLoren 9 лет назад +20

    If the pilot was lower or the props higher it would be more stable.

    • @tapsarautanen
      @tapsarautanen 8 лет назад

      +Kirk McLoren If you look at their follow up projects it is clear they know this already and this was one of several prototypes made to test the idea. Their VT200 has more rotors all placed above a traditional cabin with usual cockpit.

    • @BasementEngineer
      @BasementEngineer 8 лет назад

      +Kirk McLoren Not necessarily, it's actually possible to have the main load mounted high with the rotor(s) underneath. This particular aircraft is artificially stabilized using gyroscopes and a central computer to control the speeds of the various motors and keep the machine level. The pilot's control inputs are mixed with the gyro signals to provide full flight control.
      While this large machine has many more motors and propellers, small four-motor RC drones use a similar control system that uses gyro signals to control the motor speeds, keeping the aircraft flying level (or in any orientation desired) without constant pilot input. This type of aircraft would be unflyable without the stability augmentation system (gyroscopes and computer control).

    • @Minepebble
      @Minepebble 8 лет назад

      i heard somewhere that it was actually the other way around, some rocket scientist on the internet actually explained that it is more stable to have rotor beneath the cargo/body

    • @BasementEngineer
      @BasementEngineer 8 лет назад +1

      Minepebble Neither configuration is more or less stable. All of these aircraft are artificially stabilized through active stability control, using gyroscopes and computers to control the speeds of the lifting rotors, to force the aircraft to fly in a given attitude/orientation unless deliberate human control input is applied. It has nothing to do with the physical aerodynamic properties of the vehicle itself.

    • @nielsl6702
      @nielsl6702 8 лет назад

      If the center of weight is in the middle it doesn't matter

  • @surendarmohan2714
    @surendarmohan2714 9 лет назад +2

    Excellent work. I wonder
    Why you did not keep yourself below the craft to keep the CG low. May be you could have small air pads below each leg (or just flexible legs) and replace the large air pad at the centre with yourself hung with a harness. You save the weight of the chair as well.
    Where is the battery?
    Wish you had a small commentary included in the video. This was in 2011, what stage has it reached now?

  • @Tailsthehacker01
    @Tailsthehacker01 10 лет назад +99

    Wouldn't it make more sense to have the cockpit beneath the propellers?
    If you added longer struts to hold the craft higher off the ground, you could sit beneath the propellers without worry of a blade snapping off and potentially flying towards you.
    Also, it would be easier to enter and exit the aircraft because you wouldn't have to climb on anything and your weight below the aircraft would help reduce the potential of a flip.
    That's just my two cents but I do like what you guys have accomplished.

    • @shannonlinquist2649
      @shannonlinquist2649 10 лет назад +4

      Exactly!!....I believe the center of gravity is reduced when placing the seat below the props?

    • @dundeewullie
      @dundeewullie 10 лет назад +1

      i agree better and safer underneath it would be more stable and easier to steer and no fear of ending upside down , but this is a great flying machine

    • @wtfboy32
      @wtfboy32 10 лет назад +8

      They chose not to since they're fully aware that the inventors of helicopters would sue them for copyright infringements.

    • @wtfboy32
      @wtfboy32 10 лет назад +7

      Im joking by the way

    • @Tailsthehacker01
      @Tailsthehacker01 10 лет назад +3

      wtfboy32
      I wasn't sure if you were trolling or what. Lol.

  • @sankha6546
    @sankha6546 7 лет назад +5

    what are the names of the motors

  • @MrJaryd2000
    @MrJaryd2000 10 лет назад +25

    They need to add a metal cage around the propellers for safety purposes.

    • @TheBlopNC
      @TheBlopNC 10 лет назад

      I dont think they need this any more. watch theyre velo copter video.

    • @MartinWillett
      @MartinWillett 10 лет назад +7

      Why? Regular helicopters don't have such guards on them. Avatar was not a documentary.

    • @dontasmeeydidnudoit2524
      @dontasmeeydidnudoit2524 10 лет назад

      Physics dictates weight to lift.

    • @BlueCheese747
      @BlueCheese747 10 лет назад +1

      Martin Willett Helicopters don't have prop guards because one is unlikely to get caught in them while sitting inside, on the other hand this copter presents a more evident threat to your composition; indeed when taking into account the exposed position of the pilot.

    • @ferenctarnoki1860
      @ferenctarnoki1860 10 лет назад

      Super!BlueCheese747

  • @abdie2475
    @abdie2475 7 лет назад +12

    Whoa maybe next they'll put more seats in, then they can make it even bigger, then eventually they may only need to use one propellor...
    turns into helicopter

  • @TrojanHorse1959
    @TrojanHorse1959 9 лет назад +4

    OMG! It's held together with zip ties, electrical tape & bungee cords, and it's sitting on a rubber ball! :)

  • @pinky1933
    @pinky1933 9 лет назад +4

    Charge for a week, fly for 2 min.

  • @uncletacosupreme7023
    @uncletacosupreme7023 9 лет назад +3

    Yea blades at crotch level. what could go wrong?

  • @buggyinsectman7545
    @buggyinsectman7545 7 лет назад +3

    Cool, but it's not the first one.

  • @brianng9245
    @brianng9245 8 лет назад +13

    Expecting to see meat chopping :(

  • @FeralGameing
    @FeralGameing 10 лет назад +9

    I am not a big fan of the whole "Man ontop of the deadly spining blades" idea

  • @violetxoxox
    @violetxoxox 9 лет назад +143

    I like the Stability Ball Shock Absorber System. LOL

    • @BigRalphSmith
      @BigRalphSmith 9 лет назад +17

      I think that was actually a pretty ingenious engineering solution for the purposes of prototyping. Light weight, good shock absorbing characteristics, cheap, easy to obtain, sufficiently durable, etc. I'd call that good, original, out-of-the-box thinking even if the concept appears a little absurd in aesthetic terms.

    • @PolyMadd
      @PolyMadd 9 лет назад +1

      violetxoxox to tell it all, it MAY be also the best final solution. If you can have a lightweight elastic thing absorb impact when landing, and thus save a lot in energy terms, why would you mount more resistant, heavy feets? For what purpose?

    • @violetxoxox
      @violetxoxox 9 лет назад +1

      ***** You wouldn't. This is clever. It's the bounciness I found funny. I was picturing the first time someone lands at an angle and goes hippity-hopping down a runway. ;)

    • @PolyMadd
      @PolyMadd 9 лет назад

      violetxoxox for such a thing they will surely put automatic landing :D

    • @violetxoxox
      @violetxoxox 9 лет назад +2

      ***** One hopes.

  • @mason6662006
    @mason6662006 8 лет назад +4

    do a flip!

  • @lo-in4xu
    @lo-in4xu 8 лет назад +3

    wuauuuuuuuu muy interesante '

  • @KaiWolf18
    @KaiWolf18 8 лет назад +42

    1:41 skip the BS

  • @RickPreciado
    @RickPreciado 8 лет назад +17

    all this video needs to be complete is....darude sandstorm

  • @CapeEniEer
    @CapeEniEer 9 лет назад +14

    that balloon, ingenious !

    • @HyenaHouseENT
      @HyenaHouseENT 9 лет назад

      Cape EniEer lol

    • @liamwright8786
      @liamwright8786 9 лет назад

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      Kkllihjhh zAxhjlhjïhh öfuh

    • @MoonwalkerWorshiper
      @MoonwalkerWorshiper 8 лет назад +2

      +Cape EniEer
      It's actually that balloon that makes everything fly. The rotor blades are just there to change direction and move horizontal.

    • @mahboobkhan8858
      @mahboobkhan8858 6 лет назад

      Cape EniEer etv

    • @trap2022
      @trap2022 6 лет назад

      Com muita alegria te convido a visitar nosso canal Jesus já

  • @enigma63071
    @enigma63071 10 лет назад +19

    German Engineering.... enough said

    •  10 лет назад

      Nazionalist chauvinism.

    • @enigma63071
      @enigma63071 10 лет назад +8

      Zephyr López Cervilla you idiot ... the whole world say that ... i am not even a german.

    • @leopoldomor6586
      @leopoldomor6586 10 лет назад

      I would tell it is chinesse tecnology, most parts are probably from aliexpress.. kkk

    • @scarlxdscarlxd8432
      @scarlxdscarlxd8432 5 лет назад

      @ kwl9

  • @kevinlozada5514
    @kevinlozada5514 8 лет назад +19

    wanted to see him go as high as he could till the batteries died...

  • @frankynakamoto2308
    @frankynakamoto2308 10 лет назад +7

    Awesome, I like that, it would be cool if it could be fold and carry easily with wheels, and it has long life battery.

    • @ZacharyMelo
      @ZacharyMelo 10 лет назад

      It's infant technology right now, just wait long enough.

    • @moorsyclimbing
      @moorsyclimbing 10 лет назад +1

      Batteries are about to undergo a graphene based revolution. Fortunately the proliferation of smartphones, electric cars and all the other ways you can make money from decent battery technology means there is serious amounts of money put in to research!

    • @frankynakamoto2308
      @frankynakamoto2308 10 лет назад

      Is as easy as to build lithium ion crystal batteries, more resistant to heat, more powerful and better.

  • @doreendavison5550
    @doreendavison5550 7 лет назад +3

    thank him v for this 1:44

  • @HeSavesMankind
    @HeSavesMankind 9 лет назад +2

    def needs 4 cables extending down to a pilot chair about 30 feet underneath. the cables should attach to the 4 furthest points from the center on the quadcopter for stability so you're not swinging around at all.

  • @TheBambislayer
    @TheBambislayer 10 лет назад +7

    Yoga Ball?

  • @BobTh3Bully
    @BobTh3Bully 9 лет назад +17

    Doesnt this defeat the purpose of an exercise ball?

  • @allmotivationalspeech2680
    @allmotivationalspeech2680 7 лет назад +3

    very nice but not clear concept

  • @manualteirac9817
    @manualteirac9817 9 лет назад +4

    A lack of focus and hello sashimi !

  • @thetwinkleturnip
    @thetwinkleturnip 9 лет назад +10

    Like how the landing gear is an jazercize ball.

  • @metallitech
    @metallitech 9 лет назад +6

    At the end the camera should have panned up to the moon to indicate that they were getting it on.

  • @PaylsMDK
    @PaylsMDK 9 лет назад +2

    чтобы поднять вес данного устройства,пропеллеры такого диаметра,должны бешенно вращаться,а тут видно,что они еле крутятся...похоже,это трюк

  • @XILEXHD
    @XILEXHD 8 лет назад +4

    and then he died

  • @ColbyFulton
    @ColbyFulton 10 лет назад +7

    It would be better to be seated underneath the propellers, as can be seen in the comments below, some people are afraid of cuts. It would also be more stable.

    • @AdamShaiken
      @AdamShaiken 10 лет назад +2

      Hence the design of the VC200 !!

  • @ibleed1
    @ibleed1 9 лет назад +2

    if any of those blades cut loose they'll likely kneecap the bastard.Or tear him a new one.

  • @ruipx
    @ruipx 8 лет назад +14

    Is like flying between a bunch of enraged samurai chefs.

  • @tedwink6652
    @tedwink6652 8 лет назад +5

    KSP, aircraft with radial seat In nutshell

  • @jandroid33
    @jandroid33 10 лет назад +8

    "Hun, I'm taking my flying thingamajig into town to buy milk, you need anything?"

  • @ednamoleqwe8621
    @ednamoleqwe8621 8 лет назад +3

    I just had the image police chasing him
    him saying you will never catch me alive

  • @din6675
    @din6675 10 лет назад +13

    Just don't land on a needle.

  • @RD_SINGH
    @RD_SINGH 9 лет назад +11

    cool, that the great work DUDE.....!!!!!!!!!!!!♥!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AWESOME

  • @TheDylanJoyce
    @TheDylanJoyce 8 лет назад +5

    Why can't I stop laughing at that thing!!!

  • @henrih3080
    @henrih3080 7 лет назад +6

    Wie habt ihr eine Genehmigung dafür bekommen ?

  • @robinrai4973
    @robinrai4973 9 лет назад +4

    Now, do a flip.