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China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yes I do know that, but I am not aware of any aircraft that is "a VTOL" but only does vertical take off and landing

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If it only did up and down then it wouldn't be very practical or useful in most applications. There must be some sort of propulsion

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

Tilting like helicopters and multicopters, you don't need a dedicated directional thrust, just vectoring

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

It does have some surfaces that look like they could produce lift.

Traveling fast enough it could probably lose thrust and "land" horizontally... Until the legs grab and it tumbles.