Comment by Veikko Vierola on June 20, 2012 at 2:25pm

Is there a mechanical old school gyro!!!???

Comment by Paul Marsh on June 20, 2012 at 2:29pm

Thanks for posting this.  Very interesting and a great project.

Comment by Maxime Carrier on June 20, 2012 at 7:25pm

Cool, technology has made huge progress in 10 years

Comment by DB on June 20, 2012 at 7:35pm

I LOVE the copper plumbing fittings in the frame - that is awesome!  Way to get the job done with the materials at hand.

Comment by Colton on June 20, 2012 at 8:36pm

What is the flight time on average?

Comment by Richard Unwin on June 21, 2012 at 3:05am

Michel, great plane, did you build it for a specific job or just for fun?

Regards richie.

Comment by Paul Marsh on June 21, 2012 at 4:48am

I missed the link to the YouTube video the first time around.  It's worth watching.  For those who also missed it above, click HERE.

Comment by Krzysztof Bosak on June 21, 2012 at 4:49am

Was this made as aerial target of hobby only?

Comment by Michel COULON on June 21, 2012 at 1:44pm

Hello,

To answer your questions:

The mechanical gyro system was the most complicated to manufacture.

The principle of the gyroscope is simple but it must be manufactured with high precision.

The flight time on average with a liter of gasoline is about 1 hour (250 miles) just take the plane more fuel to travel a greater distance.

Communication with the aircraft is téléphonne cell to know its position, speed, etc..

Every 15 minutes flight you must calibrate the gyro heading with GPS.

For example if the flight to heading 180 ° (flying south) must verify that the aircraft is always in a straight line heading 180 °

If the plane turns slightly left or right must be compensated with the rudders, the PLC automatically calculating this information.

This aircraft was built to show that it is possible to fly in fair auto transport aircraft with commercial hardware.

Only by assembling various component without electronic study.

The Siemens is an industrial controller found in machine tools.

See you soon.

Michel

Comment by Carl La France on June 21, 2012 at 7:27pm

250 K m to the liter awesome mileage!

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