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by JonRB 4142 days ago
Having four independently controllable rotors is probably a lot more stable.
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Nope, it's less stable as the giant rotor acts as a large gyroscope. Quad copters work well with ultra-light weight electric motors, but the concept is focused on quickly changing how fast the blades spin so it does not scale very well.
Having four independently controllable rotors makes it inherently unstable, needing a real time computer to keep it from flipping.

Helicopters, on the other hand, have positive stability.

@lultimouomo having a real-time computer to control four rotors in not something unachievable with current technology :) I would say that it's becoming almost a DIY tech.