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Additionally, it features a G-Sensor with auto-rotation, e-Compass and Gyroscope for sophisticated navigation applications.
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Google's version requires one more tap to toggle the secondary panel for the common settings, including screen brightness, WiFi, auto screen rotation toggle and airplane mode.
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Once the Roton has been slowed sufficiently by atmospheric drag, however, the pilot will change the blade-angles so that the blades are set spinning by the airflow, slowing the craft still further. (This technique, called auto-rotation, is used by helicopter pilots in emergency landings.) Small thrusters on the side of the Roton will stabilise it, so that it can be steered towards its landing site.
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