"Jacob,
Glad I could help.
One other thing I noticed about the design was the variable sweep canard. I'm not sure why you need or want that feature. The only time I've seen that used was on the Russian SST design. The canard failed during…"
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Jacob Eraklidis replied to Jacob Eraklidis's discussion My X-Plane VTOL concept"You actually helped me make a better concept (on paper for now)... do you see anything else?"
Glenn Spacht replied to Jacob Eraklidis's discussion My X-Plane VTOL concept"Jacob,
Great work on the video! I really enjoyed it.
The concept has a couple of significant problems, however. As the government found out with it's tail sitters, it is difficult it get the pilot into the aircraft. It sounds trivial, but you…"
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Johan Akmal commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"Why do you have to show the UAV landed on a mosque ? is it a symbol of terrorism to you ? This video might offend some of the muslim viewers.
By the way, my team and I had develop similar design UAV with Paparazzi autopilot. "
Zac commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"Very interesting idea Jacob!
I am also on a team, we are actually working on a semi ridged frame with detachable wings. We are attempting to stay aloft the full 3 hours on target. We have found some solar cells that actually seem to give an…"
Jacob Eraklidis commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"I do agree that the stability in vertical flight is the most critical part. As for the stator I worked on, I was able to to get repeated 60+% slot fill where normally it was 40+%. 60+% is VERY high."
Sean Skirvin commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"I wasn't trying to be overly negative, or say that it can't work. I was just saying it is not the most inherently stable VTOL platform. Also, if you can find someone that makes a VP EDF, I would be very interested to play with…"
Jacob Eraklidis commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"Also check out an older UAV design I submitted to DARPA... I spoke them it didn't go anywhere but it was interesting thought process to go through....
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Jacob Eraklidis commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"btw thanks for the feedback I really appreciate it!"
Jacob Eraklidis commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"A day after I submitted my video this popped up on my suggestion bar... if you notice the propellers wash onto the control surfaces to increase maneuverability.... no gyros... foam body....
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Jacob Eraklidis commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"It all depends on $. If both engines can have variable thrust (or variable pitch) and can quickly move their nozzles at high angles then its up to the control algorithm. Just yesterday I saw a tail sitter that didn't have…"
Sean Skirvin commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"True, the Saturn V did that, like other rockets, but a 6 million pound rocket is going to be affected by the crosswind less (density/shape) and more slowly (inertia) than a 6 pound uas. "
John Hestness commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"I believe Saturn V rockets balanced a lot of weight just using thrust vectoring. Still other issues with EDFs though. But you win for coolest video!"
Brandin Sloms commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"my honest opinion, cool animation, but you need to look at the dynamics of your platform a little colser, as per above comment, there is no way your going to balance all that weight on two thrusters, i am a fan of edfs tho."
Sean Skirvin commented on Jacob Eraklidis's blog post My UAVforge submission"Nice animation. I agree with Alex about the EDFs, and would also add that they are quite loud, and I know sound mitigation is one of the things they were looking for. EDFs also tend to have a high pitch, which can cause turbulence…"
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