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  • Earl April 14, 2010 at 7:56pm
    WOW !!!
    Earl
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    Krzysztof Bosak April 14, 2010 at 4:50am
    @Gary:
    "Chris, if I point the nose down I can land in a very small space ;-) "
    but only once!
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    Gary Mortimer April 14, 2010 at 3:27am
    For the amount of faff involved in big rotary projects I don't see the value over simple fixed wing platforms. For close in inspection, a tri or quad can get the job done pretty easily.

    Of course its all a function of how much you have to spend, I would love an RMAX.

    @Chris, if I point the nose down I can land in a very small space ;-)
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    Krzysztof Bosak April 14, 2010 at 3:13am
    @Bart:
    "But if you want to take vertical aerial photo's, you can fly to each waypoint and hover to take a photo."
    For me this is not necessary.
    The wind is never null, in most cases you would need 5-20km/h forward speed to be stationary over ground.
    Hovering is only necessary for T/O+landing, as ground-level wind is smaller and the space is limited.
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    Gary Mortimer April 14, 2010 at 3:10am
    @Mike helicopters use an awful lot of power to get the job done.
  • Marc Ramsey April 14, 2010 at 12:48am
    A fixed wing VTOL aircraft has better range, endurance, and speed than a helicopter, if you only need vertical takeoff/landing and limited hovering...
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    Chris Anderson April 13, 2010 at 11:52pm
    @Marc: very good point. Must. Stop. Thinking. Like. A. Human!
  • Marc Ramsey April 13, 2010 at 11:39pm
    Tilt-rotors and tilt-wings make for cool models, but I would think they are are of marginal utility for small UAVs due to added complexity and weight. A tail-sitter UAV (think Convair XFY Pogo) would have similar VTOL capability and endurance, and be a lot less costly to build. No need to keep the fuselage horizontal for takeoff/landing if there are no humans aboard...
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    Gary Mortimer April 13, 2010 at 10:58pm
    I wonder if its a pig to fly, by that I mean real hard. Also have to wonder about payload, But as you say first one that I have seen as well actually working.
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