<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Extend the height of the hubs on the motor spindles so that the props never get close enough to the ceiling to enter the zone of lift enhancement due to the proximity of the ceiling.<div><br></div><div>Or... drill lots of holes in the ceiling ;-)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Iain</font></span><span class=""><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Alex Fraser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beatnic@comcast.net" target="_blank">beatnic@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Perhaps you have heard of ground effect
in aeronautics</font>? That's were the ground provides a kind of
cushion as it affects the lift of an airfoil.<br>
I've ran into an interesting situation when flying my micro quad
copter in the house. If you accidentally hit the ceiling the little
critter will kind of sticks there. If you reduce the throttle
enough which would normally cause it to descend, instead it just
stays on the ceiling. To break out of this "ceiling effect" I've
had to cut the throttle so far back that the craft free falls and
since I cut the throttle and the only stability it has is from the
different prop speeds it tend to tumble. When I gun the throttle it
don't mange to stop the little beast before it hits the floor. It
usually hit pretty hard and with the props at full power, so you
often loose a blade when it hits. The props have a small hub so
that is the part that rides against the ceiling. I think the
clearance between the blade and the ceiling is only about a 32nd of
an inch or so. </div></blockquote></div></div></span></div></div></div>
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