A few days ago, I introduced you to the development process of multi-rotor drones and fixed-wing drones. Today, I will talk to you about the development process of vertical take off fixed wing drone.

First of all, let's talk about the birth of the vertical take off fixed wing drone. Traditional aircraft can be roughly divided into two categories, one is fixed-wing aircraft, which have a fast flight speed and a long flight time, but cannot perform vertical take-off and landing, and have more restrictions on the site. The other type is multi-rotor drones. The take-off and landing methods of multi-rotor drones are more flexible than fixed-wing drones, and the requirements for the venue are relatively low, but their flight speed will be lower. Slower, the battery life is shorter, and work efficiency will be relatively lower. Therefore, in order to neutralize the advantages of these two types of aircraft, since the 1940s, researchers from all over the world have begun to integrate the advantages of fixed-wing and multi-rotor aircraft.

Beginning in the 1950s, researchers began exploring the concept of vertical take off fixed wing drone. The earliest fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing UAV was developed by developers in the United States, named XFY-1 "Pogo". This UAV adopted a vertical take-off and landing design, but due to technical limitations at the time, the project had to be canceled in the end unfortunately. In the 1970s and 1980s of the 20th century, the aerospace field began to make corresponding achievements during this period, and the technology of vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing UAVs also began to make new breakthroughs. From the 1990s to the millennium, UAV technology has gradually matured and flourished, and more and more excellent researchers have begun to invest in the research of UAVs. Vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing UAVs have begun , and it has been widely concerned and applied in the civil field.

The vertical take off fixed wing drone can currently have the fast flight and long endurance capabilities of fixed-wing UAVs, as well as the flexible performance of multi-rotor UAVs that can perform vertical take-off and landing and hover in the air. Nowadays, vertical take off fixed wing drone is widely used in any field. I believe that in the future, it will also be able to continue to innovate and improve, bringing more convenience to human beings in more and more fields.