Hello there,
I was wondering if we can general distinguish transition into two strategies:
A classical transition where the vehicle has enough control authority to ordinarily change the attitude and go into a stable flight mode.
A fall transition where the vehicle might be for a short time underactuated / unstable but catches itself by aerodynamics (imagine a delta wing you let fall, but catches itself by aerodynamic stability like a paper plane you throw with too less force).
I’m currently working on a thrust vectoring coaxial tailsitter https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8mTrX3PCX9w&pp=ygUPcHg0IHRhaWxzaXR0ZXIg and so far experienced that when transitioning the system has too much drag/ few thrust to do an ordinary transition. The current design simply stalls and crashes. But by using a delta wing and potential energy I think it’s possible.
I’m curious for opinions on that and if this is something for a new transition strategy?