The preferred term is quadcopters, tricopters, multicopters, flying wings, fixed-wing remote-controlled vehicles, unmanned aerial systems, or toys. I’m slightly annoyed by this and by the ...

The idea was not unprecedented; the German aerospace engineer Hugo Junkers had patented a flying-wing design in 1910. The concept is that an airplane’s fuselage and tail, while they provide ...

But after a 2009 National Geographic Channel special aired, touting the Horten Ho 229 V3 flying wing’s “stealthy” characteristics and claiming it was stored in “a secret government ...

“Combining helicopter and airplane flight characteristics onto a flying wing reflects Sikorsky’s drive to innovate next-generation VTOL UAS aircraft that can fly faster and farther than ...

Today’s most common drone, the quadcopter, excels at vertical takeoffs ... the amount of power as a plane-like drone with rigid wings. So-called ornithopters, which have flapping wings, offer ...

(Some fixed-wing drones have the ability to hover ... Some take to the skies themselves, flying their hobbyist quadcopters from their backyards to investigate. Others pop up claiming drone ...

The Mini QBIT is just a 3″ mini quadcopter with a pair of wings mounted below the motors ... two channels at the flip of a switch. For FPV flying, the QBIT uses two cameras for the two different ...

Some flying machines like ekranoplans are in ... Drones come in various forms, from fixed-wing to quadcopters, and can be ...

Here’s how it works. We’ve tested a lot of drones over the last few years, from beginner-friendly flying machines to flagship quadcopters. They’ve come on a long way since early days of ...