"You might need one of my launchers for just such size of a plane. You are the 6th person that I have heard of that has had a mishap with the X8. One guy lost three fingers then got them sewn back on....never to be the same or work properly again.…"
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John M. Smith
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Making a Patch antenna for a Fixed wing airframe.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Martin Mar 14. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I am interested in making a patch style antenna that would be made of a copper (or other lightweight material) mesh weave material in the form of a sheet that can be sandwiched between an adhesive…Continue
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"You can also see some of the pictures on our Facebook page: Asia Tech Drones or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asia-Tech-Drones-SA/413169978765502
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John M. Smith commented on John M. Smith's photoLauncher photos
"Sorry but I snapped those with my iPhone the other day. I will try to get some regular size pictures. up in the next day or so."
John M. Smith posted a status"Composite version of the Cyclops UAV on display at Beijing Model Expo."
John M. Smith posted a status"Here is a new FPV plane hitting the streets soon. Fresh from Shenzhen Model Expo."
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- About Me:
- Currently working as a Technical Sales Engineer for Asia Tech Drones S.A.
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- Bringing new design FPV / UAV planes to market and complete UAS systems. VERY low cost support equipment for this area as well. Mobile GCS, Catapult launchers, Recovery systems and Very long range flight control capabilities.
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
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- At 12:58pm on March 28, 2013,
Curt Olson said… Hi John, the launcher you are referring to was bungee powered and had a carriage that slid along the rail. This worked ok, but required two people to cock or uncock and the carriage would slam the end of the rail and rock the whole thing quite a bit. In the mean time we've come up with a completely different design that is still compact (about 6' long) but eliminates the carriage and is "recoiless". It's a lot safer, lighter, and can be easily cocked or uncocked by one person standing well clear of the business end. It does require installation of a tow hook on the aircraft. Happy to answer other questions of you have any.
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