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		falcolas on Jan 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We have jetpacks and we do not care Theoretically, if you could add adjustable mechanical joints, you could hook up a flight controller to it and fly it. Could you add the necessary joints and motivators and stay inside a reasonable weight? Not so sure.

walrus01 on Jan 27, 2022 [–]

with arducopter and common COTS flight controllers people have made monocopters that use servo motor controlled vanes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pu-KDuxUwU

falcolas on Jan 28, 2022 | [–]

That would require the three points to be rigid other than the vanes. But vectored thrust is a thing for jets too, so it's definitely possible.

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