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There is no support between the tails, we feel our center section is adequately stiff in torsion to support the floating tail design. While there is some deflection on hard yaw, we prefer to keep it this way for now to simplify the breakdown/assembly.
We are using Modified (by us) Zenoah G26s for our pusher power plant. The starting/charging control is currently handled by ECU that we developed in house.
Basic Information:
Wingspan: 9ft
Takeoff weight: 35+ lbs
Typical cruise speed 25 m/s (90 kph, 56 mph)
Max Speed : 32 m/s (115 kph, 71 mph ) 18*6 prop - more testing soon - more pitch.
Flight endurance on full tank (1 us Gallon) greater than 5 hrs (this is tested - .bin FILE 1.5 GB )
VTOL voltage: 12s ~50V
Generator power output : Tested up to 500W, limited to 300-350W (otherwise not enough power to climb 
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ABOUT US:
Hybrid Project was born inside a machine shop in Tennessee a little over a year ago. We engineer and manufacture parts and complete assemblies for a diverse clientele, from local walk-in customers to large aerospace and silicon valley tech companies.
The Shop:
Shane Roberts, shop owner, is responsible for the majority of the design work, including developing, testing, and assembling the hybrid power-plant and management system (basically the complete fuselage).
Hybrid system after wet weather testing (starting/charging in the rain):
Ryan Pope (that’s me!) contributes to the design (with a heavy influence on the flying surfaces), lays up composite, and fabricates/assembles/wires the various parts to make a complete aircraft, from my shop in Idaho. I also do the majority of the test flying.
After the very first, all electric, proof of concept flight (success):
Inner wing, upper skin layup:
Inner wing structure (more on this later):
Next entry I will give a quick history of how we arrived at our current design and what we plan to improve/accomplish this winter…
Thanks for looking.