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Comment by montymintypie

Sorry, I wasn't arguing against bicopters being possible, obviously something like the osprey exists.

> the air resistance of swinging back and fourth really does help dampen oscillations passively

But they don't swing back and forth like a pendulum (unless your PIDs are off) because of the center of mass, that is the entire issue with the fallacy.

parent montymintypie 4 months ago

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