Drone delivery has been a huge topic over the past year, with a promising demand for delivery drones students are accepting the challenge to meet the future needs. After a year of developing, three master students developed have taken a maiden flight with their fully functioning drone that can pick up and deliver packages to a destination within a 18 miles away. Seeing what the previous ideas of delivery models lacked the students were able to make improvements to their concept. Unlike many other delivery drone concepts VertiKUL uses the high speed and efficiency of an airplane, and the takeoff and landing capabilities of a quadcopter. The drone uses the four propellers to take off and land, then transitions from vertical to horizontal flight by rotating the nose by 90 degrees. Who knows when drones will make there way into the delivery business, but for now these students are working of the technical challenges ahead.
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