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Dragonfly V 1

3,631 Quercon  8 months ago
Auto Credit Based on Quercon's Dragonfly X 4.2

Finally! First variant of any of my dragonfly builds, that is controllable enough to call it a production variant!

The thrust generating system has been completely reworked, and now it resembles the way the actual dragonflies fly, as well as improoving its reliability to insane levels compared to previous prototypes!

Controls

Pitch, Roll and Yaw standard
Thrust - wing flapping speed
VTOL - regulates wings picth, in vertical mode it acts like collective, in horizontal mode it acts like prop pitch
Trim - switches continuously between full backwards mode at -1, full upwards mode at 0, and full forwards mode at +1
Activate1 - turns off pitch and roll governors in heli mode

Notes before flight

The wings must be flapping in order for heli mode controls to work
Changing roll often induces change in yaw. Fortunately though changing yaw does not induce the change in roll, so you can use it to correct those weird tendencies.

Other notes

Aircraft is equipped with revolutionary T.A.I.L. system, that damps oscilations in pitch and yaw axis caused by wing flapping!
Due to very low wing loading, the thrust to weight ratio of this craft is insane when in airplane mode. You can even dive straight down into the ground, and recover in seconds by quickly switching the direction of thrust from full forward to full backward (pulling Trim lever fully back)!

Improved and new versions coming soon!
Have fun!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Dragonfly X 4.2
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
  • Length 41.3ft (12.6m)
  • Height 13.9ft (4.2m)
  • Empty Weight 984lbs (446kg)
  • Loaded Weight 984lbs (446kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 4.1lbs/ft2 (19.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 241.8ft2 (22.5m2)
  • Drag Points 3338

Parts

  • Number of Parts 94
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 409
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    That fly went crazy

    4 months ago
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    25.0k ToeTips

    Amazing! Tag me on the next version.

    7 months ago
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    14.9k ChamDel78

    @Quercon

    That’s nice. If it was in real life, the people who made would deserve an Oscar.

    8 months ago
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    3,631 Quercon

    @ChamDel78 It was going to have an actual cockpit, and some more automatic systems, like automatic leveling, but the amount of work for that is very big, and i got impatient ;) also i would have to redesign a lot of systems to improove handling to the point where FT code can deal with it (this is my first contraption utilising this kind of thrust generation, and there are various oddities that computer is incapable of controlling). The whole thing seems very promising though (especialy if you compare it to the previous dragonfly models i made).
    Next version will be bigger, and will have a cockpit.

    8 months ago
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    17.3k Kevito212

    Very Epique 👍

    8 months ago
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    14.9k ChamDel78

    Dang, even has a interior too

    8 months ago
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    3,631 Quercon

    @Hahahahaahahshs Thanks

    8 months ago
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    Wow

    8 months ago