I had intended to highlight how this Japanese company was following the footsteps of those people in Australia who supply fixed-wing drones made of cardboard: never mind the product, what can we do with the box?
Their second product however is more noteworthy altogether. They rightly point out that fixed-wing aircraft are unwieldy on the ground and in deployment and recovery ~ but more capable in the air, whilst multicopters feature the opposite benefits and dis-benefits.
Accordingly they've a drone that can retract its wings like a bird in flight to operate as an altogether more compact and manoeuvrable multi.
Note that like so many species out there like our own dear cat it draws upon its four lift-motors for take-off and landing, and an independent unit for operation in cruise.
Their website, which is delightfully simple like our very own unlike the clever-clever sites that ultimately advertise vaporware, speaks of how they hope to become the world's largest manufactory of fixed-wing drones with such innovations.
Kon'nichiwa!
Ed. Not altogether original if we are to consider Pterodynamics' 'Transwing' too?
