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You won't be able to hover with that type of drone. With quad copter design you have more control on how the drone moves.

mbrameld 11y ago
In return you get longer flight times.
Etheryte 11y ago
What if I slow down midair, let the nose drop and then go full reverse? Like a helicopter. Sure, it will spin uncontrollably, but I would be hovering.
- ultimoo 11y ago
  Reading another post[1], it appears that the drone will reject maneuvers that could crash it. "During the flight, the autopilot prevents any false maneuver which could bring the flying wing down." [1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10711178/new-parrot-disco-drone-announced-ces-2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10711178/new-parrot-disco-d...
- c54 11y ago
  Think of it like a propeller plane: the prop is enough to pull the thing forward but it doesn't generate more thrust than the weight of the plane (thrust generated by the prop + the lift generated by the wings gets the plane in the air) all of this attempting to have the prop helicopter the plane in the air is called a 'stall
- baddox 11y ago
  This airframe is unlikely to have that capability, but so-called "3D flying" is a very well-established niche in the RC model aircraft hobby. Start at 5:15 for an exciting transition from fast flight into steady hovering (note that yaw from the propeller can be corrected for): http://youtu.be/DDyRpiv5_ps http://youtu.be/DDyRpiv5_ps I haven't seen this much, but people have put collective pitch propellers on 3D models to support fast thrust reversing: http://youtu.be/6YkkZw9GVaU http://youtu.be/6YkkZw9GVaU Full-scale stunt planes can hover too: http://youtu.be/qvXGATdWhEk http://youtu.be/qvXGATdWhEk
codezero 11y ago
I'm guessing (and really, just guessing) that they did a lot of surveys and found that a majority of their customers were using the flight plans, and moving over distances rather than spending a lot of time hovering. If that's true, a winged model makes all kinds of sense.

mbrameld 11y ago

In return you get longer flight times.

Etheryte 11y ago

What if I slow down midair, let the nose drop and then go full reverse? Like a helicopter. Sure, it will spin uncontrollably, but I would be hovering.

ultimoo 11y ago
Reading another post[1], it appears that the drone will reject maneuvers that could crash it. "During the flight, the autopilot prevents any false maneuver which could bring the flying wing down." [1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10711178/new-parrot-disco-drone-announced-ces-2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10711178/new-parrot-disco-d...
c54 11y ago
Think of it like a propeller plane: the prop is enough to pull the thing forward but it doesn't generate more thrust than the weight of the plane (thrust generated by the prop + the lift generated by the wings gets the plane in the air) all of this attempting to have the prop helicopter the plane in the air is called a 'stall
baddox 11y ago
This airframe is unlikely to have that capability, but so-called "3D flying" is a very well-established niche in the RC model aircraft hobby. Start at 5:15 for an exciting transition from fast flight into steady hovering (note that yaw from the propeller can be corrected for): http://youtu.be/DDyRpiv5_ps http://youtu.be/DDyRpiv5_ps I haven't seen this much, but people have put collective pitch propellers on 3D models to support fast thrust reversing: http://youtu.be/6YkkZw9GVaU http://youtu.be/6YkkZw9GVaU Full-scale stunt planes can hover too: http://youtu.be/qvXGATdWhEk http://youtu.be/qvXGATdWhEk

codezero 11y ago

I'm guessing (and really, just guessing) that they did a lot of surveys and found that a majority of their customers were using the flight plans, and moving over distances rather than spending a lot of time hovering. If that's true, a winged model makes all kinds of sense.