Manta-Ray class VTOL

[Thobewill10]

I present the Manta-Ray-class VTOL (soon to be armed with) Gunship

Uses a hinge to raise the landing gear (and back canards) after takeoff to give more stability (i.e. raising them from a' /\' shape to a '\/' shape) and additional yaw control. Exceptionally maneuverable, especially at low throttle.

Supports hovering and high-speed low-altitude cruising (Top speed <1 km: 257 m/s). Rotors tilt to give additional forward speed.

Landed:

In horizonal flight mode. Gear retracted, fans forward

Fans tilt backward to help kill horizontal speed

The only problem is that it doesn\'t have a lot of fuel, and thus the high-speed maneuvers are very short duration. However, if you run out of fuel mid-flight, it can still glide down for a horizontal landing.

To counteract that, we added more fuel.

The Manta Heavy has a top speed of ~210 m/s. It\'s slower and less maneuverable than its lite counterpart, but can go the distance.

Hovering

Back to hover mode

Requires Damned Aerospace and Damned Robotics

[sproginator]

Most amazing VTOL i have seen so far, managed to arm it as well

[Joshmo]

Really nice work.