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Vertigo VTOL

Posted by Marc Nadeau on March 19, 2009 at 9:59am
Does anyone have any experience building/flying Tom Hunt's Vertigo VTOL?It has the potential of a neat UAV platform.Here's a video of it flying: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bCJ70Fr1umAGood review of it here also: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=230961Plans can be ordered from MAN: http://www.modelairplanenews.com/ME2/Default.aspWondering if it could be easily converted to electric. It looks like a lot of thrust is needed on the vertical takeoffs.Marc

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  • Ethan Ferrell November 12, 2010 at 3:18pm
    I've been thinking and looking at the construction of the Vertigo model. It's all wood and metal frame with a heavy engine so of course it'll need a lot of thrust to lift that weight off the ground. If you build your frame from lighter material similar to the copters, then it should work. I'm actually going to be working on one myself. Once I get progress I'll put results on my blog page.
  • Ethan Ferrell November 12, 2010 at 11:33am
    No takers huh? I'm also interested in turning one of those into a UAV. Have you made any progress in it?
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