I started off this project as a prototype build for a UAV/Drone contract that one of my aquantances acuired to do Aerial photography.
The requirements were to build a plane that could fly an extended distance with a payload of up to 1000 grams.
so what happened.... I built a foam glider..
Here is the 1st 3 flights.
The Material used is 2 A1 sheets of 3mm foamboard, a 70cm 5x20mm hard wood beam as a wing spar,
2 x 100mmx6mm wooden pins for the rubber band holders of the wing.
4 x 9gram servos.
Outrunner motor with 1.1Kg thrust with a 10x4.7 APC propeller
I use a 2200mAh battery and a 20Amp ESC.
I have now flown the plane in ideal conditions and it handles extreemly well, I can glide without thermals for 5 minutes from an altitude of about 300 meters only working the head winds.
With the current setup the glider can sustain altitude and fly at 10% power, I am estimating to get about 60 minutes of flight at that rate.
Here is my latest Video:
The prototype plans can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B73hvPNPBVHpaVJNcmM5Ykt1M0U&usp=sharing
http://youtu.be/ufF7yEWWEQ8
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I do like the POV flight stuff, but I also like to see the plane in flight and how it performs and handles.
Cheers.
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Here is a late build image in the meantime.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BW18IhDCUAABOJ7.jpg
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I could never find anyone to film for me either so I bought a set of those camera spectacles. They're no good for distant objects but fine up to about 100m. I can usually patch together enough 'close' flight time to make it worth posting. The only thing you have to remember is to 'head-track' to keep the camera in line with the subject. Other than that it's pretty much wear and forget.
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You can expect the new plans up in 24h.
The original link will still be valid to my public google drive share for this project.
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The fuselage Plans now include the tail section that I left out by mistake.
Have fun!!
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There is an issue when I export from Draftsigt that does an auto fit action, please download the DWG files and do a direct print from the plans.
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http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight/download-draftsight/#xtor=AD-508-[swfreetools]-[middle]-[intext]-[www.solidworks.com]
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