UAV was put through its paces in a disaster rescue drill in the mountains of Sichuan province, according to state media ...

China has revealed a new tail-sitter drone during a disaster response exercise in Sichuan province. This drone can take off ...

Modern tail-sitter drones, like the Flexrotor or Australia’s STRIX, instead have human operators guiding the craft remotely from a control station. Another example is Bell’s APT 70.

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It also has a significant improvement over tail-sitters in its ability to fly on and off ships in rough seas where ship roll and motion present major issues for tall and narrow base tail-sitter UAS.

Wildcat’s large modular payload capacity will enhance mission responsiveness and flexibility, and its tail-sitter design requires fractional infrastructure and footprint compared to other offerings.

The UAV measures 2.9 m in length, 1.4 m in height, and has a wingspan of 2.4 m with an all-up weight of 51 kg. It has a maximum operating range of 250 km and a service ceiling of 6,000 ft.

Tail-sitter Flexrotor boasts endurance of up to 14h. ... a ship-launched AV Puma UAV was paired with an uncrewed surface vessel to search for ships and persons in the water during day and night.