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Permalink Reply by DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner on January 12, 2011 at 6:26am

Wow!

 

That's a monster!!!!! You could almost fly that yourself :)

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Permalink Reply by Cliff Dearden on January 12, 2011 at 6:39am

Very nice Martin, if it flys as good as it looks I think you have a winner!

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DistributorPermalink Reply by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on January 12, 2011 at 6:42am

Davey stole the word I was thinking, WOW indeed!

 

Any more info on the build, materials use etc?

 

What is the black flap for at the back of the fuse for, camera?

 

Regards

 

Martin

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Permalink Reply by Martin Bellomo on January 12, 2011 at 8:50pm

Yes.. that flap is a door for protecting the camera lenses during take offs and landings from dust or mud. it can be very annoying some times and a simple drop may ruin an entire flight. And in case of crash or a bad landing can save you a lot of money.

Right now the materials are wood, styrofoam, polifan, and carbon fiber. in the future i´m going to add more carbon fiber. but I need some molds. All that will be in the Alpha version.

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DistributorPermalink Reply by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on January 14, 2011 at 10:44am

I thought the flap maybe for that use, what type and size camera are you fitting in there?

 

Are you mounting the camera on anti vobration mounts that close to the motor?

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Permalink Reply by Brad Smith on January 15, 2011 at 12:14am

Yep thats a biggun ,you might want to stay with the foam atleast on the leading edges and nose just for safety . you might have to paint pink bunnies all over it to keep the old ladys from calling the police!! haha

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on January 27, 2011 at 11:11pm

Did you have a template for that or did you design and do all the calculations yourself?

 

Looks pretty clean, hope it works as well as it looks.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Audiss on July 3, 2011 at 7:34am

It looks like it has a long nose that would hold a lot of gear and fuel.  Would love to do one about like that.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by John Church on July 3, 2011 at 9:55am

Awesome job!

Craig, if you do go this route and put fuel in the nose, be mindful of the CG changing as fuel depletes. (just a thought). This thing is getting to a scale that you could put fuel in the wings! :)

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Permalink Reply by Craig Audiss on July 3, 2011 at 11:30am

Thanks, and good point.  Would a person need to make his own wing To incorporate fuel cells or is someone out there already designing them?  Yes those wings could hold a lot of fuel couldn't they?

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Permalink Reply by Martin Bellomo on July 3, 2011 at 6:55pm

I'm toying with the idea for some time.
As finished testing and have defined the changes for the final model will address this modification

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JDronesPermalink Reply by Jani Hirvinen on July 3, 2011 at 8:12am

that's big :)

 

Any flights tests already??

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