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If you make it a lot bigger it flies a lot longer (40min for a 4kg multicopter for example ) If you make it an airplane it flies a heck of a lot longer (1 or 2

• namuol 12y ago
  Are there any long-range plane/quadcopter hybrids for consumers? Seems like it should be possible to get the best of both worlds
  • zobzu 12y ago
    Most build their own. Hybrids dont work well tho. Same problems as with the real scale hybrids. its hard to get propellers that will give you a lot of vertical thrust then not kill the glide ratio while still propulsion your horizontally (ie forward) as well. So some people simply have planes with vertical take off then the props rotate when you need to go faster/longer. Thats a lot of mechs thus less reliable tho - at least so far. Also the props are huge and thus cause a lot of drag still. See the v22 osprey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtGjzbVb76U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtGjzbVb76U for ex. Theres some experiments with covered props (but that lowers the efficiency at lower rotational speed) so that there is less friction when gliding forward.