X Plus One - fixed wing drone hybrid

[Steven Ackerman]

X PlusOne Drone | xCraft

 

[Dash Hewes]

Pretty awesome, this is the company that all five SHARKs from ABC Shark Tank invested in. The only time all five have been part of a deal.

 

[Acroduster]

Seems quite expensive for what you get...

 

[Jubalr]

Seems quite expensive for what you get...

I was thinking the same thing. They are promoting speed and flight time, but at just 60mph and 20min, hardly more than a Solo.

 

[Acroduster]

Plus, that follow me video was jerky and shaky. Normally, the demonstration video needs to be perfect and is ideal. If that's the best it can do, it'll be a no-go.

 

[User Name]

Plus, that follow me video was jerky and shaky. Normally, the demonstration video needs to be perfect and is ideal. If that's the best it can do, it'll be a no-go.

I was thinking the same thing. The concept is interesting, but stated advantages of speed and efficiency don't seem to have been met in significant amounts. If that 20 minute flight time was at 60mph flat out, that might be something, but I'm guessing it's not.

And yea, the video stability is definitely not where it'd need to be for a $2,000 platform. In hover mode, that thing will have a heck of a time battling any wind. One thing that makes multicopters stable in the wind is the relatively high weight to surface area ratio. A big foam wing like that is going to get blown around like crazy.

 

[erikgraham]

The issue with the X one and all the VTOLs is that with those big huge surfaces to catch the wind (the wings) they aren't stable in flight. This has been discussed a fair amount over at DIYdrones.