Many of the still images and videos in
this gallery portray recreational and hobbyist activities undertaken by Movo
Aviation independent of its section 333 exemption. When Movo Aviation engages in commercial
activity, it does so under the terms of its section 333 exemption.
Movonator
The Movonator is an octocopter microdrone, with features designed to explore the utility of microdrones to facilitate law-enforcement, newsgathering, surveying, powerline and pipeline patrol, real-estate marketing, and other functions.
The Movonator, like most electrically powered multicopters, is incapable of autorotation because the pitch of its rotor blades cannot be reduced to allow the upflow of air after engine failure to drive the rotors in the direction that generates lift.
Instead, as this video of some early wind tunnel tests shows, the upflow of air causes the rotors to turn backwards. The backward-turning rotors absorb some energy and thus can reduce the rate of descent, but not to rates of descent achievable in an autorotating helicopter. Our tests are continuing to quantify the effect.
