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The military unmanned delivery aircraft are all tail sitters (500 pound payloads). I hope Google's drafting behind all the existing R&D there. The military stuf
by qq66 12y ago
The military unmanned delivery aircraft are all tail sitters (500 pound payloads). I hope Google's drafting behind all the existing R&D there. The military stuff out there is crazy - hummingbird-size ornithopters, 2 ounce helicopters that can fly for 30 minutes with an encrypted HD video uplink, etc.,
- foobarqux 12y agoWhy are tail sitters better than a tilt rotor?
- jpatokal 12y agoLess moving parts. Tilt rotors exist mostly because humans find it difficult to cope with a tailsitter's changes in attitude.
- Fragment 12y agoThe only reason for tilt-rotors is when you need to keep the main body of the aircraft level. The only problem with tail-sitters is the pilot (and possibly the payload).
- lutusp 12y ago> The only reason for tilt-rotors is when you need to keep the main body of the aircraft level. Actually, a tilt-rotor can be manipulated to make the aircraft go where you want it to. The same idea explains how helicopters make their way across the landscape.
- asynchronous13 12y agoCan you name a single tail sitter in active use by the military? The k-max helicopter was used for a lot of unmanned cargo supply missions.