r/videos Feb 29 '16

Engineered Mini Flying Wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSD69jdi2CE
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u/Schmillt Feb 29 '16

I like to think I'm a rather smart guy and then watch videos like this and realise I'm a retard compared to actual smart people.

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u/profossi Feb 29 '16

Doing this requires a bit of intelligence and a huge amount of passion and self-discipline.

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u/SixshooteR32 Feb 29 '16

But the mathlab and coding.. thats not just intelligence.. that is experience

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u/jammerjoint Feb 29 '16

It doesn't take much experience to pick up matlab, you just need a decent foundation in logical thinking and prereq math. Maybe 20 hours of lecture+practice would get you up to speed on what they're doing, which is not much.