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Autor/inn/en | Ayars, Eric; Goff, Tori; Williams, Kirk |
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Titel | Things One Can Learn by Putting a Quadcopter in a Vacuum Chamber |
Quelle | In: Physics Teacher, 56 (2018) 5, S.317-319 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0031-921X |
Schlagwörter | Physics; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Science Experiments; Scientific Concepts; Graphs; Comparative Analysis; Space Sciences |
Abstract | Quadcopters (also known as "drones") do not fly in vacuum. This is obvious enough that experimenting on one in a vacuum chamber would seem rather uninteresting, but there is one question that may be usefully addressed by such an experiment: the mechanism for yaw control. Quadcopters control yaw (rotation about the vertical axis) by differential rotor speed, and the question of whether those changes in rotor speed create yaw torque via conservation of angular momentum or via atmospheric drag can be addressed by "flying" a quadcopter in a vacuum where there is effectively zero atmospheric drag. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |