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

Posted by Stephen Carlson on March 17, 2013 at 12:44am

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

byu, hybrid, orange hawk, tricopterflying-wing, uav, utah, vtol

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Comments

Carl La France March 17, 2013 at 8:02am

Excellent ! might want ti wrap the motor wires to the boom I like how it took off when you got to altitude !
Maxime Carrier March 17, 2013 at 7:39am

Cool, I'm working on a VTOL concept too, but for fast speed.

What about put a pusher as rear rotor and make it tilt backward/down to get a trimotor ? :D I love the concept.
David Gitz March 17, 2013 at 7:18am

Looks pretty cool Stephen.
Steve Gates March 17, 2013 at 7:03am

Really nice! Thought about something similar and now it's already reality!

As Fernando said, it will save a lot of energy while flying fast and long distances but lacks nothing of the quadcopter benefits. This concept has good prospects. Carry on!
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!