We've just wrapped up ground tests and transitioned to the Inav flight controller for smoother VTOL transitions. Join us as we showcase our first hover tests.
If Fran Drescher and Rosie Perez were each only eight inches tall and screamed into teeny-tiny bullhorns that had Surround Sound, they would sound exactly like this.
No, the propeller tilts with the airfoil shaped strut it's mounted on. The strut acts also as a control surface in fast forward flight. See here: ua-cam.com/video/1zCmzCmACqk/v-deo.html
just get a single rotor. i heard quads seem to only kill the battery more. im sure it has pro and cons. but a helicopter has a longer flight time and can hold more payload more compare to a quad. plus a helicopter has a better sound when flying through the air
Indeed, single-rotor helicopters are more efficient, but quadcopters with tilting motors offer an unique advantage: redundancy. In case of motor or propeller failure, they can transform into a tricopter, enhancing safety and reliability.
@@aliptera don't get me wrong I love your futurist design. In no way I'm an expert in UAV. I would love to get my pilot license, know how to fix, and design my own. I would love to turn it into a business. I would like to invest in buying a large scale helicopter adding accessories. Such gps, camera etc. just focus on commercial or government jobs for search and research or catch poachers etc. but at the end I just love the noise of a helicopter. What are you designing your drone for ?
@@bluecavemen The drone is designed as a demonstrator for the lip-wing concept. The design enables efficient flight at both low and high speeds. When scaled up, I believe it would serve as an excellent platform for surveillance, inspection, and any application requiring efficient flight capabilities and high speeds. As a single copter, check my concepts here: ua-cam.com/video/tID7wEP1a-4/v-deo.html
Perhaps it looks cool, but from an aerodynamic standpoint, it makes little sense. A box wing configuration typically makes sense when span is limited. However, conventional fixed wing need increased lift at slower speeds. Since the Griffin operates in VTOL-mode during these slow-speed phases, the wing requirement for slow speed - high lift is gone, so we have smaller wings, optimized for efficient forward flight with minimal drag.
it's erodynamic shape looks perfect.!
Okay- that is freaking dope
If Fran Drescher and Rosie Perez were each only eight inches tall and screamed into teeny-tiny bullhorns that had Surround Sound, they would sound exactly like this.
Neat. Are the prop angles fixed and the whole craft rotates over like the Opener Blackfly?
No, the propeller tilts with the airfoil shaped strut it's mounted on. The strut acts also as a control surface in fast forward flight. See here: ua-cam.com/video/1zCmzCmACqk/v-deo.html
Looks like a whale with wings, but if it works it's right.
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If a male dolphin were frozen while it was mating, and then they rearranged its fins just so, is would like exactly like this.
What the-
MicroQwiekie?
just get a single rotor. i heard quads seem to only kill the battery more. im sure it has pro and cons. but a helicopter has a longer flight time and can hold more payload more compare to a quad. plus a helicopter has a better sound when flying through the air
Indeed, single-rotor helicopters are more efficient, but quadcopters with tilting motors offer an unique advantage: redundancy. In case of motor or propeller failure, they can transform into a tricopter, enhancing safety and reliability.
@@aliptera don't get me wrong I love your futurist design. In no way I'm an expert in UAV. I would love to get my pilot license, know how to fix, and design my own. I would love to turn it into a business. I would like to invest in buying a large scale helicopter adding accessories. Such gps, camera etc. just focus on commercial or government jobs for search and research or catch poachers etc. but at the end I just love the noise of a helicopter. What are you designing your drone for ?
@@bluecavemen The drone is designed as a demonstrator for the lip-wing concept. The design enables efficient flight at both low and high speeds. When scaled up, I believe it would serve as an excellent platform for surveillance, inspection, and any application requiring efficient flight capabilities and high speeds. As a single copter, check my concepts here: ua-cam.com/video/tID7wEP1a-4/v-deo.html
It could look cool with an oval box wing.
Perhaps it looks cool, but from an aerodynamic standpoint, it makes little sense. A box wing configuration typically makes sense when span is limited. However, conventional fixed wing need increased lift at slower speeds. Since the Griffin operates in VTOL-mode during these slow-speed phases, the wing requirement for slow speed - high lift is gone, so we have smaller wings, optimized for efficient forward flight with minimal drag.
nice curved wings
It's so quiet.
It's a toy with batteries.
It's a joke. It's limited.
The neighbours probably disagree with you there on how quiet it is.