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de Wagter, C. (author), Remes, B.D.W. (author), Smeur, E.J.J. (author), van Tienen, F. (author), Ruisink, Rick (author), van Hecke, K.G. (author), van der Horst, E. (author)Many Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) applications require vertical take-off and landing and very long-range capabilities. Fixed-wing aircraft need long runways to land, and electric energy is still a bottleneck for helicopters, which are not range efficient. In this paper, we introduce the NederDrone, a hybrid lift, hybrid energy hydrogen-powered...journal article 2021
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de Wagter, C. (author), Remes, B.D.W. (author), Ruisink, Rick (author), van der Horst, E. (author), van Tienen, F. (author), van Wijngaarden, Dennis (author), Meulenbeld, Joost (author), van Hecke, K.G. (author)Enlarging the flight envelope of aircraft has been a goal since the beginning of aviation. But requirements to fly very fast and to hover are conflicting. During the design of the DelftaCopter, a tail-sitter hybrid UAV with a single large rotor for lift in hover and propulsion in forward flight, the design of the rotor needs to properly balance...conference paper 2018
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de Wagter, C. (author), Ruisink, Rick (author), Smeur, E.J.J. (author), van Hecke, K.G. (author), van Tienen, F. (author), van der Horst, E. (author), Remes, B.D.W. (author)To participate in the Outback Medical Express UAV Challenge 2016, a vehicle was designed and tested that can autonomously hover precisely, takeoff and land vertically, fly fast forward efficiently, and use computer vision to locate a person and a suitable landing location. The vehicle is a novel hybrid tail‐sitter combining a delta‐shaped...journal article 2018