You can't afford to be sentimental when it comes to prototyping, and the 36" spars on this previous prototype we can re-use on the current.
For those who haven't followed the blog, we've built and/or flight-tested a number of variations to identify the best way of producing drones at the scale of people-carriers.
I liked the notion of quads separated like this, but for a flight-controller to handle all eight motors at the corners of a virtual cube called for a rigidity that in turn increased the weight, cost and complexity.
Which is what we're trying to eliminate with the subject of current effort.
It was Steve Jobs who said design was as much about what you took away, as much as what you might add.
Demolition is therefore set for the upcoming Easter weekend, in lieu of an egg-hunt.
