3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on September 14, 2008 at 3:35pm

My condolences! Did you just have RC gear onboard, or also the FMA co-pilot and an autopilot?

Comment by HugePanic on September 14, 2008 at 9:09pm

thx,

what i lost:
Graupner Scan receifer (70€)
25amp esc (20€)
FMA-Co-Pilot (75€)
cheapo BL motor (4€, I really dont't care for that one)
4 5€ servos
20€ material...

i hate to see the receifer and co-pilot go....
and off course my 15-20h work....

Comment by Dick Kline on September 15, 2008 at 6:19pm

HugePanic... if you send me your email address, I will forward more information to you regarding the Kline-Fogleman airfoil. It might interest you to know that the concept came from a paper airplane I designed over forty years ago. It has finally taken off in the RC world quite successfully. The concept is related to the idea Wunibald Kamm had back in the 1930s. He chopped off the rear end of tear-drop shaped racing cars and improved their efficiency. Everyone thought he was crazy, but he proved to be right. Today, most cars are designed with a blunted rear end. Some of the displaced air becomes trapped in a vortex attachment behind the car. It is like turning the negative force of drag into a positive. Sorry to hear about your lost plane.

Comment by HugePanic on December 18, 2008 at 12:12pm

Hello Again.....

i just want to add the the UAV-airframe is back on the scene!!!

Somebody found the plane and my budy picked it up.
since i moved to the other end of the country the last weeks, i couldn't see it myself.
but according to him (rc pilot himself) the plane is very very well. no severe damage to the airframe. Most parts are from foam, the wood parts are scrap off course. The electronics (ESC, receiver, co-pilot, servos) look good, not much corrosion. The battery is dead off course.... but who cares.... :)

I hope to have time to do more programming (i hate the gps module!!!!) done during the hollidays....

i am lucky....

Comment by Dick Kline on March 20, 2009 at 6:27pm

I was so pleased to hear that you were able to recover your aircraft. It's just another example of never giving up hope. May you have many more successful flights.

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