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  • MIT CSAIL

    MIT is testing drones that can switch between hovering and gliding

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    Amrita Khalid
    Amrita Khalid
    07.16.2019

    There are two types of drones: fixed-wing models that look like airplanes and multicopters that resemble hovering squares. A group of MIT scientists have designed a new platform that lets users combine the best of both worlds and create their own hybrid, fixed-wing drones. The end result is a drone that can both hover like a helicopter and glide like an airplane.