In Russia, a working prototype of an unmanned "self-helicopter"

In Russia, a working prototype of an unmanned "self-helicopter"

Developers from the company "Kronstadt" developed an aircraft that combines the properties of an unmanned aircraft and a helicopter simultaneously. This was reported to RIA Novosti by the company's deputy general director and head of the Center for Advanced Studies Vladimir Voronov.

Due to the fact that the drones can switch the flight mode from helicopter to airplane on-the-fly, its flight range is significantly increased - in comparison with a conventional unmanned copter apparatus as much as three times. Take off the "Frigate" can vertically, like a helicopter, and then switch to a more economical mode.

"The aircraft by definition spend less fuel for the same range of flight than the helicopter," said Voronov.

Now the developers have already made a capable flight test version, which means that now you can proceed to create heavy UAV variants.