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Spinning drone concept by Nicholas Rehm (youtube)

2,507 OrderlyHippo  1.6 years ago
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Needs a lot of work to enable forward flight (probably using rotor blades for control) but just wanted to see if what he said in his video was true about efficiency. On this build, VTOL down, throttle up. Then center VTOL, activate 1 then Trim down. I was trying to convert it to a plane, it takes to long to build. I made the head extra heavy so it could glide and be stable like a plane when you put Trim down and it transforms

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 18.6ft (5.7m)
  • Length 5.9ft (1.8m)
  • Height 16.4ft (5.0m)
  • Empty Weight 3,030lbs (1,374kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,706lbs (2,134kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.318
  • Wing Loading 97.2lbs/ft2 (474.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 48.4ft2 (4.5m2)
  • Drag Points 2526

Parts

  • Number of Parts 14
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 122
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    This is basically a Focke-Wulf Triebflügel but with propellers

    1.5 years ago
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    2,507 OrderlyHippo

    For those interested in this, check out this Focke Wulf - Triebflugel. click me

    1.5 years ago
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    2,507 OrderlyHippo

    The cool part is that it’s 3 times more fuel efficient to spin the thing when hovering rather than not spin in a hover. Because of the wings
    @ssenmodnar

    1.6 years ago
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    2,507 OrderlyHippo

    @ssenmodnar Oh. Just like a gyroscope

    1.6 years ago
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    3,075 ssenmodnar

    The concept is called spin stabilization, I made a testbed a while back, actually

    +1 1.6 years ago