fixed wing
Launching and Catching Drones
Darpa, the research brand of the United States Pentagon, is testing ways to launch and catch fixed wing drones without the need for a runway. While quadcopters, hexacopter, etc. are great for hovering in place, to really travel long distances, a fixed wing drone is much better equipped. However, many places where these drones will be used on missions don’t have smooth ground to take off and ...
Parrot Disco – Fixed Wing Fun
The French company Parrot has been in the drone business for quite a while. And while the BeBop has been popular in the quadcopter arena, the recent announcement of their fixed wing drone, the Disco is proving to be very interesting. The Disco is fairly large at 45″ wide and 22″ deep, but despite its size, it is relatively light weight. The two biggest things that quadcopter pilots wil...
Multirotors Prevail In Agriculture
While many people are embracing drones for sport and for video, agriculture is fast becoming one of the most important uses for drones. Monitoring crops, delivering specific chemicals and mapping fields are all things that drones do much more efficiently and quickly than traditional methods. The big shift is happening in the kind of drones that are being deployed for these types of tasks. Even tho...
The Wingtra is a Combination Helicopter and Fixed Wing Aircraft
The Wingtra is a new kind of hybrid aircraft that combines the best of fixed wing aircraft and quadcopters into one flight system. Designed by a start up in Switzerland, the Wingtra will be able to take off and land in small areas like a quadcopter or helicopter but also cruise great distances at high speeds like a fixed wing airplane. Wingtra is designed to cruise at 55 kph with a cruising distan...