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Tilt-rotor on all 4 motors with an extra twist: the wing shape adds to the lift in vertical mode, so you can use smaller motors, so they're more efficient even in horizontal mode.



What exactly do you mean by

> the wing shape adds to the lift in vertical mode

Wings require airspeed to work, which there presumably aren't a lot of in vertical mode.




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