# Custer’s Revenge: EVTOL Drone Brings Back Channel Wings

> You have to be a pretty big aviation nerd to know about [Willard Ray Custer] and his channel wing concept, but if you are, you’ll be giddy to hear about the semicircular profile of the HopFlyt Cyclone drone’s tandem…

- **Source:** [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2026/06/15/custers-revenge-evtol-drone-brings-back-channel-wings/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a3a2ae247aaf9ef91343dad)
- **Published:** 2026-06-23
- **Category:** Planes
- **Tags:** #drone
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a3a2ae247aaf9ef91343dad

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