Wings provide lift.is it all about weight difference?
Fixed wings almost always fly longer. Makes me jealous. But a fixed wing can't fly backwards! [emoji78]
is it all about weight difference?
As others have stated, you are comparing the proverbial apples with oranges. In this case you are comparing a copter with a glider. Your P4P needs to constantly generate lift by using battery power. If the rotors were to stop, it falls like a rock. The glider generates lift through the wing (or in this case the entire body since it is basically a flying wing). If you turn off the prop, it will still glide. So there is no way that your P4P could ever compete in time aloft/battery power.
is it all about weight difference?
I would tend to disagree on this point from a very precise technical point of view. The molecules themselves are not "stretched". They are molecules and remain the same size. What happens is that the air density decreases above the wing. There are less molecules per cubic meter above the wing than there are below the wing.The air molecules get stretched on top of the wing, effectively sucking the aircraft up.
Or sideways. Or hover at will.Fixed wings almost always fly longer. Makes me jealous. But a fixed wing can't fly backwards! [emoji78]
Do you mean like this?Thanks for responses.
Fixed wing also can't hover, right?
Best still shots taken with drone still, too.
What about combo drone-winged craft
in order to increase battery time...?
Fixed winged only for craft movement,
propellers only for hovering...?
Do these kinds of crafts already exist?
Related, is a helicopter significantly
less fuel efficient than a plane...?