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    Default You can keep your gyrocopter...

    Collective pitch thrust vectoring... Wow.

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    That's pretty impressive! It reminds me of the rotary subwoofer which I think works in a similar fashion.

    Keith

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    Great piloting as well!

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    While adjustable pitch isn't new to aviation (constant speed propellor), the power to weight ratio of rc aircraft definitely takes it to another level. Coming from an aviation background, I always love seeing real world technologies applied to RC, seems they're always getting more and more realistic.

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    If he adds any more features to that bird, he's going to need two more thumbs grafted on. Wow!

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