New Osprey Full Tilt Transitions From Hover To Forward Flight And BAck

New osprey Full Tilt Transitions From Hover To Forward Flight And BAck
This is the new Osprey Full Tilt from air hogs it is a true VTOL aircraft, it takes off like a helicopter, then it transitions into airplane mode for fast forward flight, then it can transition back to helicopter mode in mid flight for a hovering landing.

It is a 2 channel air, the left stick controls thrust and the right stick controls left and right motion as well as transitions.
when the right stick is all the way back the air craft is in helicopter mode, when you push the right stick forward the aircraft transitions into airplane mode.

In helicopter mode one of the wings tilts forward and backwards independently to control left and right motion, the aircraft hovers slightly forward at all times. you can adjust the left right "roll" trim with a small knob and you can adjust the spin trim with 2 trim buttons. The roll trim is only affective in hover mode.
In airplane mode left right turns are accomplished by variations in thrust between the engines.
It charges on the transmitter in about 30 or 45 minutes
Flight times are about 5 minutes.

This aircraft is really a lot fun, it does a really good job transitioning back and forth in mid air and it is a lot more stable then I expected it to be during the transition, in fact when you tell it to go into helicopter mode it slows down to a nice hover with almost no effort, then it can transition back to airplane mode with no problems at all.

If you don't trim the roll "left right motion: the aircraft will drift left or right slightly during take off, but once it is in the air a few feet it starts hovering better then you would ever expect and is easy to trim.

I had a lot of fun flying this aircraft, it is definitely the type of aircraft I like to see in the consumer market, AirHogs out did themselves with this one, it's definitely a winner.
It's the best of both worlds, hovering and fast forward flight in a small package.

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