eXplora Tailsitter VTOL, 3D printable dual motor tailsitter

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Given the continuous requests, we decided to make the GitHub of our “eXplora Tailsitter VTOL” public.
It is constantly being updated, constantly evolving.
If anyone wants to collaborate on the project, they are welcome!

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Really nice Marco !
Huge motors like wingtra one.

Is there a possibility to test it un lightweight configuration 3 or 4s. May be needs scaling to have a vtol less than 800g > european regulation consideration

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Thank you!
We currently do not have a small version planned.
We use 6S batteries, but of course it depends on the motorization.

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Thank you for the data disclosure.!!

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Hi Marco,

this is really nice work! I know this has been asked before, but since it has been some time till then, are you planning on releasing a smaller version that could perhaps fly indoors?

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Thanks!
I have no plans to create a smaller version, sorry.

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Nice project, could you tell me whats the max flight time, max take off weight and payload?

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You can ask these questions in our Discord channel.

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I went on the discord, so for who want to know, 500g estimated as maximum.
For the flight time, the mystery stay, Marco is very careful about it (depending on the hardware and takeoff weight).

On my opinion a (or more) clear example of flight time including hardware configuration and weight would be welcome.

Awesome job anyway one of my favorite tailsitter with the H-wing of rickyg32.

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I have videos that I can’t share of an experienced eXplora user flying with MTOM 5.1 kg, so he has weighted the tailsitter by more than 1.9 kg compared to my configuration without payload (3.4 Kg), and it works well in winds over 10 m/s.
The only difference is that he uses wing extensions.

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