The Disco FPV is the company’s take on a fixed wing camera drone and right off the bat it looks the business. It has a beautiful set of wings with neat curved wingtips. These not only look cool, but make the drone more efficient. It has a rear-facing propeller to stay out of the camera’s way. The WingtraOne, from Wingtra, is a versatile VTOL craft, taking off and landing on its tail, but flying in a fixed-wing configuration. Most of the other craft on this list are consumer friendly craft, while a consumer might love to play with the WingtraOne, its purpose, and price tag, better suit it to commercial customers. Optional payloads include up to 42MP full-frame cameras, inspection grade RGB camera rigs and PPK GNSS receivers for 1cm accuracy on mapping jobs up to 31 miles of flight range, or about 400 hectares of ground mapping in an hour of flight.

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Some fixed-wing drones can be hand-launched or thrown into the air, but larger ones will need some space to get off the ground. Landing also requires quite a bit of space, so this isn’t the solution for urban areas. Another big caveat from a camera drone perspective is that you probably won’t have a camera that can look around much. It’s usually fixed at the front of the craft with little in the way of mobility.Simply turn on the drone and wait for it to pair. The pairing should be automatic. Once paired, you will see a green indicator on the drone Actor in Tynker. The lights on the drone should also be green. WiFi Pairing (Jumping Drones)

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One major feature of the Swing drone is the ability to transform from a plane design to a quad-wing “X” design. The plane mode provides more speed, with up to 19 mph on the cards. Putting it into quad mode turns it into a quadcopter. This means that it can take off and land vertically. You can still fly with fixed wing forward flight in quad mode too. It’s a really unique design. The down side, there is a minimum travel speed for a fixed wing craft. I mean, you can hover by propeller or soar using the wings, but if the wings are employed, they have a minimum and maximum stall speed.This fixed wing drone doesn’t use its own in-house software, but uses third-party software to implement flight autonomy. It’s a little fiddly and the open-source apps aren’t always as user-friendly as commercial ones. Yet they make the XPlusOne highly-capable with the ability to fly along waypoints. While a multirotor can usually land safely even if one motor fails, if your one and only motor fails on a fixed wing it will take some skill to glide it down to safety. The 2m has been designed with some fancy aerodynamic features that make it perform well and fly efficiently. According to those who own one, it’s a great flyer although there are already plans for 3D-printed find replacements that improve handling somewhat, apparently. There’s no doubt that this is one of the most affordable fixed-wing camera platforms you can buy today. Xcraft XPlusOne Pro Bundle

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There are a great many VTOL style drones in development these days. Most of them are military or other non-consumer focused machines. Fixed wing flight is undoubtedly the more efficient, unless I misunderstand the last hundred years of airplanes vs helicopters. However, helicopters are invaluable in ways that aircraft cannot compete. The Swing does not have a camera and this drone is basically meant only as a fun flying toy. Which means it’s cheap price tag is perfectly appropriate. Apart from being really cool, this is an affordable way to practice fixed wing flight. It will certainly draw attention in any park! Nano Skyhunter Fixed Wing Drone If there are multiple drones in the vicinity, select your specificdrone under “Properties” of the drone Actor.

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As explained, we consider a fixed wing drone to be a machine that has working wings, like an airplane, but also has propellers that can vertically launch, land and hover the machine. We’ll bend these rules a little bit for our list below, but at least you know what to expect.The importance of drones like this is more than you’d expect. Specifically, fixed wing craft typically have higher travel speeds and much greater battery life. Also, they can be heavier, depending on the build. In general user seem to find the Disco fixed wing drone quite impressive, but there are complaints about Parrot’s aftermarket support and occasional glitches which I presume have been taken care of through software updates by now. There’s also a general feeling that this drone has a steep learning curve and rather obtuse manual. So newbies might not want to apply. On paper however, it’s one of the top fixed wing drones here. Opterra 2m Taking inspiration from old school design but bursting with 21 stcentury technology, the Swing from Parrot is the dual function drone that’s bound to impress.