Amador Brothers, Mohan

Mohan. Inspired by an earlier article in SUAS news on the competition held by DARPA, two migrant brothers decided to bring together their passion for RC aircraft and 3D design to participate in the competition. The result was a concept airframe for a hybrid UAS design that brings together the best of two worlds, the hovering capabilities of a quad rotor, and the old-school fixed wing speed and payload.

The focus of the design is to have a VTOL frame under the 2Kg weight limit. It comprises of an electric quad tilt system that allows the airframe to transition from vertical to horizontal flight. The controller will require to transition in increments to allow aerodynamic lift of the wing section to commence horizontal flight. This idea was a bit deterring at the beginning due to the added weight (less hover endurance), complexity, serviceability etc. However, this idea can be evolved to an efficient, rapidly deployable system for civilian and military purposes.

Aiming for an early start, the development of the design, rendering of the video and editing, left out quite a few elements of physics and dynamics to clearly show the transition of flight, but the general concept can be seen in our brief video.

The following milestones require a proof of flight. This is when things have to get real. Efforts are being made to find capital, and interested skills that want to be a part of this project to attain the price.

I am happy to see that other teams have developed similar concepts further and have created some interesting competition.

The brothers want to thank sUAS news to spark the idea to “give it a go” as this welcoming Australian country has for a motto.