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  • Rick Yonika March 21, 2017 at 9:20am

    Hi, JB,  I was working on the, if it an't on it, it's lighter

  • JB March 21, 2017 at 8:36am

    Looks interesting  and something similar we've been working on for a few years. It's just missing an extra hover lift prop and then you can optimise the forward motors for forward flight, speed and range, because they are no longer solely responsible for hover lift. It also allows the aircraft to maintain level attitude in hover which is better for wind penetration and imaging platforms.

  • Rick Yonika March 21, 2017 at 7:46am

    looks very interesting ,RPAS ? don't you just love it when the system controls you.

  • Greg March 21, 2017 at 5:39am

    Tridge, I'd love to see you win the outback challenge with one of these!! :-)

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    Andrew Tridgell March 21, 2017 at 3:14am

    I really love this design, I think it is elegant and when scaled up would make a fantastic VTOL option. Well done!

  • Rick Yonika March 20, 2017 at 4:33pm

    Eli, just read some of the thesis, if I knew it was that complcated........

    spooky how close the platforms worked out.

  • Eli Cohen March 20, 2017 at 1:27pm

    very very cool! here's a link to the MS Thesis I was helping on (just lending a hand, really)

    http://acl.mit.edu/papers/VanderMey_SM_Thesis.pdf
  • Rick Yonika March 20, 2017 at 1:21pm

     and to give credit,inav and baseflight code, these guys are amazing.

    Rick

  • Rick Yonika March 20, 2017 at 1:15pm

    hi, Eli

    thanks for the feedback, gain scheduling?? I just use OPC other peoples code, amazing how similar yours is.

    Rick

  • Eli Cohen March 20, 2017 at 12:31pm

    this is CRAZY! I worked on a concept like this many many years ago but the controllers were a pain. Insane to see the performance here. Very impressive!!! Are you doing gain scheduling?

    Here's a render of the vehicle I worked on..... looks pretty similar!

    3702361910?profile=original

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