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The trailing ribbon or light string has movable air foils that can
steer the trailing end of the element to allow easy re-configuring
of that element during flight. For instance a drone flying
horizontally can have the trailing element move in any direction,
up, down, left or right to allow more
possibilities for the artists
choreographing the visual sky show.
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(engineering minion tasked with delivering this by Friday raises hand) |
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Moveable how? Cable controlled with servo motors? Hydraulics? Voodoo? |
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If voodoo doesn't work, wires or RF signals. |
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A drone's empennage is currently a fold-up, detachable, single use affair. Presumably this helps with the freefall to Earth after mating, which is currently uncontrolled due to paralysis of the poor old bee, by remaining attached and providing a full autopilot to a desirable landing spot. Perhaps a little bee-sized parachute would suffice? |
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I think that that poor old hobgoblin physics is going to lead to drones the size of Sikorskys towing complex ribbons the size of surfboards. |
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