If you’ve ever tried flying a drone, you’ll know how hard it can be to land one in exactly the right place … now imagine trying to land one on the pitching deck of a boat out at sea. The VT-Naut is designed to make things easier, by performing belly landings on the water.

Manufactured by Canadian company Aeromao, the VT-Naut is a VTOSL (vertical take-off and short landing) tail-sitter drone. This means it takes off pointing straight up, tilts into a horizontal orientation for fast and efficient fixed-wing forward flight, and requires a short amount of space for performing a horizontal landing.

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This functionality provides some of the benefits of a full-on VTOL drone, but without the added costs, complexity and energy consumption that come with being able to perform true helicopter-style vertical take-offs and landings.

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