The Shed #2 Mix Master Mat

Hanging out with Matthew Wellington from New Zealand. I believe he has invented a completely new way of handling the transition from vertical to horizontal flight. The first important consideration is that the platform is a bi copter, just two motors. Mat pivots those motors to horizontal from the hover. When in horizontal flight one motor pushes and one pulls, genius! A little bit like a harrier moving thrust nozzles. The other massive advantage is that the yaw control or rather the action on your thumb stays the same. There is no reversal of controls or stick roles.

I wonder how many times this is going to be re-invented now.


The complete chat and other videos here http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS2ntMaPm2ZWrBvDoNENv0jJFDW1pY-5T I foolishly thought the videos we were watching together would end up on the Hangout but they did not so you will have to open them in a separate video whilst listening to the hangout.

Gary Mortimer

Founder and Editor of sUAS News | Gary Mortimer has been a commercial balloon pilot for 25 years and also flies full-size helicopters. Prior to that, he made tea and coffee in air traffic control towers across the UK as a member of the Royal Air Force.