Comment by Andre S on August 18, 2011 at 11:16pm

Looks great. Any comments on how to attach it to the canopy? You seemed to have drilled holes to the elapor?

3D Robotics Comment by Alan Sanchez on August 18, 2011 at 11:24pm

The kit comes with magnets, you can use CA glue attach them to both the plane and the chassis. Since we are on the topic of CA glue, I would recommend the joints in the back of both of the semicircular pieces get a bit of CA glue in them. Its not necessary but for "hard landings" (aka crashes) everything will stay in place that way. Also if you buy the pan/tilt version, it doesn't hurt to take off a tiny bit of foam off to make room for the screw heads that hold the pan/tilt in place.

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on August 19, 2011 at 5:27am

I built a similar pod for my CoPilot II and Ardupilot legacy by modifying a Readymaderc EZ* pod. The shelf for the Ardupilot clears the battery in the cockpit when the battery is mounted sideways in the bottom of the EZ*.

I like this design for the APM/IMU which will save me from having to modify another Readymaderc pod.

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by apocolipse on August 19, 2011 at 6:19am

Hi Alan, it looks awesome!!! Just a tip, http://readymaderc.com has the v1 sky surfer, which is the exact same plane as the bixler (i have both sitting on my dining room table right now).  I would LOVE to have one of these, readymadeRC sells a pan/tilt canopy for the sky surfer but a full electronics canopy would be superb.  One question, how does having all the electronics forward of CG affect balance? battery mounted under the wing ?

3D Robotics Comment by Alan Sanchez on August 19, 2011 at 8:47am

Hi guys, this is how we have our batteries set up to get the right cg.

 

 

apocalipse, thanks for the tip. I also bought a bixler for myself from Hobbyking's China warehouse a couple weeks ago. Since the US warehouse is still in backorder, mine might beat the one we ordered for 3DR. If that's the case ill hold off on assembling mine to model it and push these things out quickly.

Comment by Michael on August 19, 2011 at 9:22am

How difficult would it be to modify this so one could look back at the tail?  Can you look straight up as well?

3D Robotics Comment by Alan Sanchez on August 19, 2011 at 9:37am

It really depends on the servos you get. If you get 180 degree servos then no problem. If you find your view to the tail is a bit obstructed, you could get longer spacers and raise the camera mount assembly. Continuous rotation servos would be cool on this thing, but then you have to make sure wires dont get tangled.

Comment by Bobulisk on August 19, 2011 at 10:18am

Does anyone know if this is compatible with the Hawk Sky?

Comment by lionel on August 19, 2011 at 12:25pm

That's great :-))

One of the platform I am using is a Twinstar II. Are there any electronic chassis for this bird ?

 

 

3D Robotics Comment by Alan Sanchez on August 22, 2011 at 9:56am

Sorry guys as of now , it just easy star.

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