Glen Thomas
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Glen Thomas commented on james sowell's group X8
"The room inside the X8 is not a reality when in comes to flying... up front where you want to house all camera gear becomes cluttered with batteries because of CG on this monster, you want the lightest motor you can find."
Aug 25, 2012
Glen Thomas commented on james sowell's group X8
"a 730kv - puts out about 3.3kg of thrust, 80amp ESC"
Aug 25, 2012
Glen Thomas commented on james sowell's group X8
Aug 24, 2012
Glen Thomas commented on james sowell's group X8
"Actually I think because it is so thin it tends to curl and you can correct it with hot water but I just manipulated it by bending in the opposite direction by hand until they aligned...worked fine material is quiet strong and does not break but…"
Aug 24, 2012
Glen Thomas commented on Hooks's blog post X8 flying wing
Aug 24, 2012
Glen Thomas commented on Hooks's blog post X8 flying wing
"X8 carries 3kg easily, airframe empty comes in under 1.5kg if you build conservatively and my present all up weight with 2, 4s lipos, large motor putting out 3.3kg thrust, gyro, receiver, telemetry module with altitude module, camera anti vibration…"
Aug 23, 2012

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About Me:
Independent filmaker in South Africa
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Have been involved with Kite aerial photography since the early 1990's
Hometown:
Cape Town

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