Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoChina claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a toninterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkChina claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a toninterestingengineering.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes I do know that, but I am not aware of any aircraft that is “a VTOL” but only does vertical take off and landing
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt does have some surfaces that look like they could produce lift. Traveling fast enough it could probably lose thrust and “land” horizontally… Until the legs grab and it tumbles.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIf it only did up and down then it wouldn’t be very practical or useful in most applications. There must be some sort of propulsion
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoTilting like helicopters and multicopters, you don’t need a dedicated directional thrust, just vectoring
Yes I do know that, but I am not aware of any aircraft that is “a VTOL” but only does vertical take off and landing
It does have some surfaces that look like they could produce lift.
Traveling fast enough it could probably lose thrust and “land” horizontally… Until the legs grab and it tumbles.
If it only did up and down then it wouldn’t be very practical or useful in most applications. There must be some sort of propulsion
Tilting like helicopters and multicopters, you don’t need a dedicated directional thrust, just vectoring