Quad Post 1

[Anil Kumar]

Quad pilot maps:
Universal: http://uavp.ch/moin/Map
Mikrokopter: http://map.speedyweb.at/fullscreen.php
X-BL: http://forum.xufo.net/bb/gmap.php?mode=viewmap

Items of Historical Interest:
--The first full size flying quadrocopter-like helicopter was built by
Etienne Oemichen, a young Peugeot engineer which first flew in
November 1920. http://aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/oemichen.php and
another by George de Bothezat which first flew in December 1922:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bothezat_helicopter
--The first commercial hobby grade R/C piezo gyro quadrocopter was the
DraganFlyer Roswell flyer in 1999. This was designed and developed by
Spectrolutions Mike Dammer, www.spectrolutions.com. Historical data:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...&postcount=913
--Wikipedia quadrocopter definitions: http://translate.google.com/translat...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrotor
--A future tilt-rotor quad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Boeing_Quad_TiltRotor


Source: RC Groups