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London startup Lyte Aviation is thinking big when it comes to VTOL aircraft. Forget your piddly five-seaters, Lyte says its first aircraft will be a 44-seat monster with a 300-km/h (186-mph) top speed and a range over 1,000 km (620 miles).Continue Read… Continue reading Lyte Aviation’s 44-seat SkyBus: VTOLs as public transport
An RC VTOL aircraft always makes for a compelling project, but ensuring the transition between hover and forward flight can be quite challenging. In the video after the break, [Nicholas …read more Continue reading Control Tricks For Tailsitters
The Lilium Jet is a proposed eVTOL (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft that the German company Lilium GmbH has claimed it will bring to the market ‘soon’, which …read more Continue reading Will the Lilium Jet Work? A Deep-Dive Into the Physics Behind eVTOL Aircraft
VTOL drones may be versatile, but the weight and aerodynamic drag of their extra hardware results in a shorter range than that of their fixed-wing-only counterparts. That’s where the FLARES system comes in, as it lets fixed-wing drones make vertical ta… Continue reading FLARES system gives non-VTOL drones a VTOL boost
Like bladeless Dyson fans on steroids, Jetoptera’s unique aircraft propulsion systems look like pure sci-fi. But they’re beginning to demonstrate some fascinating capabilities in testing, and the next step will be a super-fast VTOL aircraft design.Cont… Continue reading Jetoptera targets Mach 0.8 with bladeless-propulsion VTOL aircraft
The V-22 Osprey is an aircraft like no other. The tiltrotor multirole military aircraft makes an impression wherever it goes; coincidentally, a flight of two of these beasts flew directly …read more Continue reading [Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey
It goes without saying that the heavier a load a cargo aircraft can carry, the more useful that aircraft becomes. Well, the RG-1-A Alpha has reportedly just broken a record, by “dead-lifting” more weight than any autonomous VTOL has previously managed…. Continue reading Sabrewing prototype VTOL breaks a weight-lifting record
Drones are pretty common in the electoronics landscape today, and are more than just a fun hobby. They’ve enabled a wide array of realtors, YouTubers, surveyors, emergency responders, and other …read more Continue reading Winged Drone Gets Forward Flight Capability
Blainjett’s fascinating hemispheric rotor concept is a totally unique and left-field approach to VTOL flight. The company (no relation to me, for the record!) came up with the bones of the idea while working on the Horizon eVTOL hoverbike, which we cov… Continue reading Blainjett’s hemi-rotor concept promises unprecedented VTOL performance
There are a variety of possible motor configurations to choose from when building a fixed-wing VTOL drone, but few take the twin-motor tilt-rotor approach used by the V-22 Osprey. However, …read more Continue reading Optimising A RC Tilt-Rotor VTOL