Beginning of a flight test in Ames, IA. Fancy launch performed by teammate, Ted.

DIY Drones community, My team needs to specify a motor and prop for the preliminary design of a 2 kg class sUAV. After researching around here and other resources, we have found a wealth of knowledge about the direct analysis problem; but we haven't found a quick method to choose a motor and prop from a given set of requirements. Has anyone already developed such a method, or can develop the method here? Here are the requirements:Max Thrust of at least  6.7 Newtons (derived from a Thrust/Weight…See More

DIY Drones Community,A team of aerospace engineering students and I at Iowa State University are developing CyDrone, a multi-role, semi-autonomous sUAV at a price point within the budget of individuals and localized public entities (~$3k).We want the system to use primarily COTS components. Yet our research of available airframes has not shown any that can meet our requirements. Hence we have begun the design of a custom airframe. We plan to use EPP which has performed admirably for our current…See More