[clug] Linux news from The Register. Tridge @ LCA

[Chris Smart]

On 09/02/16 07:55, steve jenkin wrote:
> For those of us ‘playing along at home’, something like being there.
> 
> Tridge @ LCA
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/08/tridge_lohan_linux_conf/>
> youtube
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kifraO9yMrk>

Ahh, yes. Tridge provided one of the best quotes of the conference in
that talk when discussing quad planes and the efficiency of forward flight.

"In fixed wing flight it's really efficient [compared to quad plane
hover mode]... Even though you're going much faster, you're getting the
job done, you're only using about a third of the current. And basically
why is that? Well, wings work. Right. Wings really are a very efficient
way of getting along. Which is why they're so popular in aircraft."

>From 27:40 min in the talk.

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