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From-scratch hybrid aircraft with custom-built wings and 3D-printed tilt rotors
A hybrid VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft designed and built entirely from scratch. It combines the hover capability of a multirotor with the endurance and speed of a fixed-wing platform, using custom tilt rotors to transition between vertical and forward flight.
Every part of the airframe was designed in CAD and built for the project. The fuselage is fully 3D-printed, while the wings were cut from foam using a custom-built hot-wire cutting machine that can produce any required wing shape or length. Carbon rods run through the wings for stiffness, and fibreglass cloth with epoxy resin creates a lightweight, tough outer structure.
The tilt mechanisms were also designed and 3D-printed for this aircraft. Servo-actuated motor pods rotate from the vertical hover position to the horizontal forward-flight position, with dedicated transition mixing on the flight controller to manage the change between flight modes.
The aircraft runs PX4 firmware on a Pixhawk-compatible flight controller, with custom transition logic for VTOL operation. The system supports autonomous waypoint navigation in forward flight mode and precision hover in multirotor mode.
