Very interesting the fact that it can take off vertically. It seems to me a "plus" in its potential benefits. Hopefully you may continue to improve this platform.
The directional antenna could be a problem for video downlink if the link is broken due to jamming or nav errors. There must be a RTB or LOST-CONTROL/Independent mode and ability to record and bring back ISR info I suspect. Hopefully the bird is protected against a TAKEOVER as what happened with the Iranian incident.
You put on 4 VTOL motors, yet put a 5th to move forward, so the 4 motors weight that is basicly dead weight during flight forward?. Maybe its just me, but just seem like a terrible waste of energy.. The ones i like is the 3~4 VTOL motors, and then they switch to forward and/or backwards and use all of them for forward motion, nothing is wasted and can do lower RPM as all is used for creating torque, one or two fails, it still will work atleast for forward trust..
Why doesn't the company donate some of these (or even some of the smaller drone models) to Ukraine? It would bring some great publicity for the company.
Would there be any operational benefits to incorporating the thin film flexible solar panels into the wing and fuselage surfaces to appreciably extend the usable flight times ? I'd like to see one stay aloft for days or weeks without landing other than resupply of armaments .
