December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
6h 45m
English
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The types of VTOL
There are essentially two types of VTOL: hybrid and vectored. All other VTOLs are a variation of the two. One is far easier to build, and one flies much better (and more efficiently). Unfortunately though, these are not the qualities of the same type of VTOL.