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Hessen


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm currently part of a team developing a hybrid plane/quadcopter.


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Andy Janetzko commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL
"We're thinking about making the code open source. Maybe its even gonna get integrated into the actual Ardupilot software. At the moment, the basic plan is to provide the platform so everyone can extend it individually."
May 18, 2013
Andy Janetzko commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL
"All 4 motors can tilt up to 90 degrees. For hovering, the motors are tilted as shown in the picture above (we refer to it as 0 degrees-tilt-angle); All of the 4 motors contribute to the "upward thrust" and keep it hovering.
For horizontal flight,…"
May 17, 2013
Andy Janetzko commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL
"@Yusuf Onajobi:
Why would the wings produce negative lift? I'm not quite understanding your observation yet.
Maybe this helps: the autopilot isn't being tilted during flight, therefore the virtual horizon remains the same. Using a couple of…"
May 14, 2013
Andy Janetzko posted a discussion
Hey, during the past year, a friend of mine and myself constructed a VTOL UAV i wanted to share with you guys. Basically, its a mix between a quadcopter and a regular airplane. It's similar to VTOL technologies Ltd's “Flying Wing”, but instead of…
Dec 7, 2012