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Panther UAV

Posted by Peter Seddon on October 22, 2010 at 8:00am
This is a recent video of the IAI Panther UAV


that combines vertical take off with conventional fixed wing flight. This video is apparently of the miniPanther weighing 12kg and with 2hour endurance.

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  • Bilal Siddiqui August 7, 2014 at 8:12am

    Joe is right. The aft rotor is tilted starboard to compensate for the yaw. All rotors seem to rotate CCW (its simpler) and the aft rotor has about 30 degress of tilt to produce the opposite yaw. In forward flight, the aft rotor shuts down and the yaw is probably compensated by rudders. Overall the design is not aerodynamically efficient and I wonder whether it actually does go to 65 km at that speed and altitude. See this video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJv-kQ2rN2c#t=47

  • Peter Seddon October 22, 2010 at 1:26pm
    Because it is probably like a classic tricopter where the angle to the vertical of the third prop at the back can be varied and the two front props could easily be spinning in opposite directions.

    Peter
  • Justin October 22, 2010 at 1:18pm
    Also, why aren't there torque issues with hover mode?

    I'm guessing the props spin opposite of each other?
  • Ron Jacobs October 22, 2010 at 10:45am
    Looks cool. First really successful application of non-scale VTOL pivoting motors I have seen.

    If you could pivot the rear motor forward between the booms you could push with it as well.
  • MarcS October 22, 2010 at 9:43am
    Hi,
    is it only my impression or are there some cuts at scenes which would be important to see uncut (especially the transitions...
    Seems to be a quite early stage of an experiment with complete manual control.
    The concept is good, anyway. Let´s do it DIY and autonomous...
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