I would be very amazed if he knows the Quadracopter design. Same for Arduino.
One can think: If this guy came up with this without Arduinos, robot kits, HN and other social contacts, what could he have done if he had those? I think that's the wrong approach. I know of a few such mechanical tinkerers who wouldn't even have started building what they've built had they known more about the field.
Arhur Fry, the inventor of Post-Its has said that it was good that he was ignorant of the articles on that subject (creating the glue for such a product) because they conclusively showed that it cannot be done.
Sometimes I think that access to all the literature and success stories prevents more of this kind of tinkerers to appear in this day and age. If you can see it on Youtube you don't have to do it yourself to still your curiosity. It's like the bazillion cooking shows on TV that for the most part fails to actually make more people cook their own food.
I would be very amazed if he knows the Quadracopter design. Same for Arduino.
One can think: If this guy came up with this without Arduinos, robot kits, HN and other social contacts, what could he have done if he had those? I think that's the wrong approach. I know of a few such mechanical tinkerers who wouldn't even have started building what they've built had they known more about the field.
Arhur Fry, the inventor of Post-Its has said that it was good that he was ignorant of the articles on that subject (creating the glue for such a product) because they conclusively showed that it cannot be done.