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harralk
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I'm working on a VTOL UAV with some upper classmen and I'm wondering if the design so far will be able to lift off the ground, and how much power (battery power that is) it'll need to hover at about 10 feet for 20 minutes. My concern is with ground effects and the amount of raw power needed to get the thing to lift off.
Weight: 15-20lbs
Height: 10 inches
Diameter: ~18 inches
Propulsion: 4x 127mm ducted fans, each rated at up to 12lbs static thrust (presumably at sea level)
Also, if it's not too much to ask, I'm curious about using thrust vectoring to steer/propel the UAV instead of the old-fashioned tilt-and-twist method
Thanks
Weight: 15-20lbs
Height: 10 inches
Diameter: ~18 inches
Propulsion: 4x 127mm ducted fans, each rated at up to 12lbs static thrust (presumably at sea level)
Also, if it's not too much to ask, I'm curious about using thrust vectoring to steer/propel the UAV instead of the old-fashioned tilt-and-twist method
Thanks