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3D Printed VTOL Craft Can Land And Recharge Itself, And Team Up With Other Drones
For a long time fixed wing VTOL drones were tricky to work with, but with the availability of open source flight control and autopilot software this has changed. To make experimentation even ...
Mashable19d
Passenger Drone is a futuristic aircraft that has actually flown with passengers IRL
Unlike many other VTOL designs, Passenger Drone has lived up to its name, showing off footage of test flights with human passengers. SEE ALSO: Great Scott! There's a new DeLorean flying car in the ...
Hackaday3y
vtol. ardupilot
For a long time fixed wing VTOL drones were tricky to work with, but with the availability of open source flight control and autopilot software this has changed. To make experimentation even ...
China has built a giant Osprey-like drone that engineers say can carry 10 passengers and fly at 340 mph
A Chinese aviation firm has built the first prototype of a large tilt-rotor drone that can carry a 2-ton load, according to a ...
Business Insider11d
CEO shares secret to creating this unique aircraft the Navy is investing over $7 million in to fly parts to broken warships
The US Navy is looking into using drones to deliver critical repair cargo to broken warships. The BlueWater Maritime Logistics UAS project seeks innovative VTOL designs. The unique PteroDynamics ...
The Aviationist19d
Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing VTOL UAS, Validating Control Software
Sikorsky announced it has flown the prototype of its unique VTOL (Vertical Take-Off Landing ... The Rotor Blown Wing drone has two engines, mounted near the tips of a ‘straight leading edge ...
Flying20d
Sikorsky Debuts ‘Rotor Blown Wing’ UAS
The 115-pound twin-prop drone with a 10-foot wingspan takes off ... The aircraft also demonstrated that its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) design has potential to be scaled to a larger ...