I have been interested for a while in the possibility of creating a VTOL fixed wing which transitions into forward flight after a vertical take off using multirotors. Finding this article prompted me to post this to ask whether this could be achieved using existing APM code. I suspect that this would be have to be custom crafted to allow a smooth transition from copter to plane mode. Has any work already been done on this or planned for the near future?
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I have been thinking about just adding wings to my quadcopter, without any motor angle adjustment. I don't see any reason it would not work, it would just be terrible at hovering.
Will work on the design after I get my replacement motor and my quad nice and stable.
Has been done 'many' times. An example with APM: http://www.wingcopter.com/
With KK2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qKHUme6ZVY
A more intelligent one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DzqO1xBF7A