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Published inDec 2017
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Ty Audronis
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Ty Audronis has been called a "technology-age renaissance man." Hes a professional drone pilot, post-production specialist in the entertainment and media industries, a highly experienced interactive game developer, and an accomplished digital artist. Hes worked for companies ranging from frog Design to California Academy of Sciences in roles where hes worn many hats. Tys been programming software and games since 1981 (when he was 8 years old) professionally. He majored in Computer Generated Animation and Visual Effects in college (where he won Best Animation for the entire CSU system a Rosebud Award). His music and sound design have been the soundtrack on several major productions; he has also served as a visual effects supervisor on feature films and was the supervising editor and animator for award-winning science visualizations. He has been building drones since the days when sensors and components had to be torn out of cell phones and game controllers. Ty is also a mentor, having taught many interns his skills, and speaks regularly at venues including Interdrone. He also serves on the advisory board for the Society of Aerial Cinematographers and for Genarts (now Boris) Sapphire.
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The types of VTOL


There are essentially two types of VTOL: hybrid and vectored. All other VTOLs are a variation of the two. One is far easier to build, and one flies much better (and more efficiently). Unfortunately though, these are not the qualities of the same type of VTOL.

The hybrid VTOL

This is certainly easy to design and build. It's just a matter of taking a very good airplane and attaching a multirotor frame to it (centred around the CG of the airplane). That's a bit of an oversimplification, but accurate. Unfortunately, with this type of design the multicopter propellers themselves can begin spinning during forward flight due to the wind. And even with no spinning they are essentially control surfaces and can cause strange turbulence and vortices around the wings, which alters the way it flies. This, plus having surfaces designed around moving air that are non-functional during forward flight, will reduce your efficiency. And (in general) making a fixed wing drone is about trying...

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Published in: Dec 2017Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781786469168

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Ty Audronis

Ty Audronis has been called a "technology-age renaissance man." Hes a professional drone pilot, post-production specialist in the entertainment and media industries, a highly experienced interactive game developer, and an accomplished digital artist. Hes worked for companies ranging from frog Design to California Academy of Sciences in roles where hes worn many hats. Tys been programming software and games since 1981 (when he was 8 years old) professionally. He majored in Computer Generated Animation and Visual Effects in college (where he won Best Animation for the entire CSU system a Rosebud Award). His music and sound design have been the soundtrack on several major productions; he has also served as a visual effects supervisor on feature films and was the supervising editor and animator for award-winning science visualizations. He has been building drones since the days when sensors and components had to be torn out of cell phones and game controllers. Ty is also a mentor, having taught many interns his skills, and speaks regularly at venues including Interdrone. He also serves on the advisory board for the Society of Aerial Cinematographers and for Genarts (now Boris) Sapphire.
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