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
Specifications
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
This is basically a Focke-Wulf Triebflügel but with propellers
For those interested in this, check out this Focke Wulf - Triebflugel. click me
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
@ssenmodnar Oh. Just like a gyroscope
The concept is called spin stabilization, I made a testbed a while back, actually