World's first controllable MAV monocopter, Robotic Samara (maple seed)

Its design reminds me of the B-Wing but the gyroptère—or monocopter—is even weirder than the beloved starfighter from Star Wars. It had a single blade—the long wing you can see in white—which rotated to lift it to the skies. Try to picture that, because I really couldn't until I saw this video:



Unlike this model, however, the gyroptère never got to fly. Theoretically it could but in 1913,...

World's first controllable MAV monocopter, Robotic Samara (maple seed)

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