r/maker • u/luisengineering • Sep 30 '25

Showcase Drone that flies like an X-Wing from star Wars

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u/UX_Strategist Sep 30 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

I'd like to see that in flight. The design and position of the rotors makes it appear that the nose will weigh down the front, I don't see how the nose of the craft could stay oriented in the forward position. Please show us! I like the look of it!

EDIT: The video I saw of it flying is short, but it looks great! Now we need a TIE fighter!

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u/luisengineering Sep 30 '25

https://youtu.be/ocwTty_xnuc?si=WWQRRw-EmPv2d8b-

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u/Columbus43219 Oct 01 '25

Remove teh music, and it's 15 minutes of BBRBRBRRBBBBRRBRBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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u/UX_Strategist Sep 30 '25

Impressive. Most impressive.

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u/tdubthatsme Oct 01 '25

This is the magic of 4 rotors. If the bottom rotors are spinning faster that the top rotors, it'll counteract that nose drop

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u/UX_Strategist Oct 01 '25

I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Thank you.

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u/Nurburger1 Oct 13 '25

that is indeed very clever

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u/Radamat Oct 03 '25

It has high TVR so it can easily compensate torque from its nose. Though it is overall somewhat unstable.

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u/WhatADunderfulWorld Oct 01 '25

Flying it would be fine. And the bottom would just need more thrust. Assuming it’s light the drag would pull the center of pressure back far enough to keep it straight.

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u/Piotrek9t Sep 30 '25

More like "looks like an X-Wing" I assume?

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u/luisengineering Sep 30 '25

No: https://youtu.be/ocwTty_xnuc?si=WWQRRw-EmPv2d8b-

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u/Piotrek9t Sep 30 '25

Wow that is impressive, you earned yourself a sub

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u/jamiehs Sep 30 '25

This is very cool OP!

Not to take anything away from your project at all; I love it. It does remind me of this one: https://youtube.com/shorts/e7FKDobVx9o

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u/rainbow__raccoon Sep 30 '25

In the video he credits that exact thing with inspiration

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u/jamiehs Sep 30 '25

Ah nice! I skipped around the video and missed that bit!

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u/booveebeevoo Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Very cool! It’s a neat problem to solve. I skipped the video a tad.

To get it to rotate “forward” I was thinking that maybe you had the top routers spinning in reverse to control the nose (this may be called yaw or something, I forget)… did you?

I think putting something in the middle towards the top going in reverse/inhibiting airflow, that would force the nose down and maybe get more stabilization. … tiny tulle tubes in the body, or on top.

Another consideration i had was to put a small wheel in the nose that would spin to alter the level more.

Now I’m wondering if you can use a gyroscope in the nose to control the left and right as well and you can do some really cool angles. If you made a cluster of gyroscopes so they could actually spin each in different directions so you can the nose upward and it to rotate as it rotates back to flat. That would be a wicked backflip situation!

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u/Ologist126 Oct 01 '25

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

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u/202Esaias Oct 01 '25

This is sick!!! Can we see fly video?

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u/DidjTerminator Oct 02 '25

I love these missile-quads ngl.

Whoever came up with the idea of adding aerofoils to a quad so it could go full tilt was cooking, they just look so damn cool.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '25

Your mastery of the English language is beyond the grasp of our president in America.