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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Adam AKAV8R on April 25, 2012 at 4:17pm

Are you building from scratch or are you using something like the X-8 Wing?

 

http://diydrones.com/photo/album/show?id=705844%3AAlbum%3A738456

Permalink Reply by BR928 on April 25, 2012 at 4:37pm

Curious as to why you want one that large? Seems like the RiteWing Zepher II is plenty big w/ a 56" wing span. http://www.ritewingrc.com/buy-cores/wing-cores/

He has already done all the R & D. Very stable platform.

Permalink Reply by Jay Bryon on April 25, 2012 at 5:24pm

I'm also building a variant of a "mothership" flying wing drone.  This got put on hold for a few years while I remodeled my house, so I'm needing to get back to it.  And all my parts are probably out of date, so not much help if you're sourcing parts now.  I'm planning on building a center section for it via 3D printing, but I haven't started that process quite yet (need to build my chops on CAD).  I got the original ardupilot for it, but now will punt that to another robot or drone and use the APM2 for my Dronewing.  

Permalink Reply by Jake Bailey on April 25, 2012 at 5:37pm

What sort of response are you looking for? Are you looking for tips on designing the plane, or on usage of APM? Maybe the electronic paraphernalia required, or which construction method to use? My point is that yours is a very open ended question, and that you might get a faster response if you specified what you're looking for. 

Permalink Reply by Quentin Mayberry on April 26, 2012 at 12:36am

In the UK the Large Model Association would deal with this sort of size model. In the US, I don't know who deals with that, but most model clubs have huge models so someone would be able to point you in the right direction. Have you tried http://www.rcuniverse.com/?

Permalink Reply by Tero Koivunen on April 26, 2012 at 2:32am

Something similar:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1129487

two about 700watt motors, I think static thrust should equal total weight or little bit more,

low kv motors.

Permalink Reply by Bradley J Carr on April 30, 2012 at 11:45am

I have a 8 ft wingspan cub, with a OS .91 Engine.  Is it ok to use the nitro powered engines or is it a bad Idea.

Permalink Reply by Richard on May 5, 2012 at 2:53am

Hello, I have already built an 8 foot flying wing I am looking to use with Arduplane, I will be following this thread closely... No motor yet, I have tested it by the cliffs to do some slope soaring, and it seems to fly pretty well.... 

A picture of it..

Permalink Reply by Richard on May 7, 2012 at 3:13pm

Cheers, it's covered in Oracover film, it's a bit scratched on the underside due to landing in brambles a few times, I am working out the best power system for this thing, its going to need something quite tasty to get it flying nicely...!

Permalink Reply by Jake Bailey on May 5, 2012 at 11:00am

My advice for drilling the holes would be to use the wing tubes themselves as drills: heat them up considerably with a heat gun or other appliance, and once they are fully heated, push them through the material where you want them to go. Keep in mind, there are other methods which will provide for much better accuracy of placement. However, this will get the job done with relatively minimal effort.

Permalink Reply by Brad Smith on May 6, 2012 at 8:47pm

there are build videos for these Hercules there very similar to your plane !

Permalink Reply by kolin on May 5, 2012 at 12:44pm

Hi

I'm already building one based on same idea as yours. My center section is built from CNC plywood, wings are MaxiSwift. I'm only few hours of work before maiden.From what I know, "empty" center section seem much more practical than solid foam for installation of electronics. When you cut too much, it's bad for rigidity. 

It is 1.6m wingspan, powered by 6S 2.2Ah and 560kV outrunner.

Whole gallery here

https://picasaweb.google.com/m.kolinsky/UltraMaxiSwiftUAV#

Very similar design is already flying in austria.

I will post CAD files after maiden

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