NASA supercomputers show the wickedness of quadcopter airflow

January 14, 2017 by Paul Spoerry 2 Comments

At NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, researchers recently used this technique to explore the aerodynamics of a popular example of a small, battery-powered drone, a modified DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter.

This simulation reveals the complex motions of air due to interactions between the vehicle’s rotors and X-shaped frame during flight. In the video, airflow interactions are shown as undulating lines. Pressure changes are shown using color. Areas of high pressure are red; low are blue.

Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/2jkklik

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Irving Drommond says

January 14, 2017 at 5:25 pm

Ping +Heinrich Angela
Heinrich Angela (Heinz) says

January 15, 2017 at 7:38 am

Yup, put a duct around those for more efficiency. 🙂

https://youtu.be/Cew5JF8q6eY

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