Nov 8, 2026

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Engineer Builds Self-Balancing Pole Using Drone Propellers

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A self-balancing pole held up by four drone propellers, built by an aerospace engineer, and apparently it stayed standing for over three hours. I have no idea how it works, and I am completely fine with that.

There is something deeply satisfying about a project that is wildly over-engineered for a problem nobody had. I can't even keep a broom upright in the garage. Worth a click just to watch physics being held at gunpoint by tiny fans.

Aerospace engineer Peter Ryseck built a self-balancing pole that uses four drone propellers to stay upright, and it stood for over three hours. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Engineer Builds Self-Balancing Pole Using Drone Propellers was originally published on Laughing Squid.

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