Introducing the "Orange Hawk" Tricopter/Flying-Wing VTOL UAV

Introduction to the Orange Hawk Project from Stephen Carlson on Vimeo.

Presented here is a VTOL aircraft design that I've perfected over 16 months, and intend to release as an Open Source project with design plans and code. Initial details:

Wing Span: 1000mm

Area: 21.5+2.6 dm^2 (Elevons)

Quarter-Chord Sweep: 30.0deg
Airfoil: MH45 with Root: +2.0deg Tip: -0.5deg

Material: 21.0kg/m^3 EPP

Equiv. Rotor Diameter: 500mm

Flight Controller Based on MultiWii 2.1

All-Up Weight: 1.2 kg, Theoretical Maximum: 1.5 kg

Designed Fall 2012

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Fernando Costa Pinto March 17, 2013 at 6:15am

Hi Stephen ,

that is a great step ..an hybrid bt a plane and a copter ..it will save lots of energy and time bt waypoints ..genial.
Rana March 17, 2013 at 5:57am

Is the tail motor tilt angle permanently adjusted at some inclination ?
Rana March 17, 2013 at 5:45am

Great concept !
Hasufel March 17, 2013 at 5:31am

Looks and flies really nice Stephen! Congrats!

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