Ok , this is what i've been up to for the past 6 months besides ignoring my family working and getting little sleep . took me about 300 hrs of CFD time on my cluster alone plus a whole lot of cad work .the flight surfaces are well trimmed through the earlier iterations of the early techpod .I found the airflow around the bottom side of the wing root towards the tailing edge very turbulent forming a large "bubble' illustrated here
this would seem endemic to this aircraft configuration . I was able to eliminate it by reiterating the fillet and wing root area and slightly increasing the incidence . I was able to get the drag down to about .8 lbs @ 60 mph
I have a prototype on order and should be receiving it in about a month . and here is the part where you come in . if all goes well with the prototype i can order a large batch . Only thing is the minimum order comes to $40,000 . I work for a living so i don't have that kinda scratch . I do have about $15000 saved up however . anyway , I;m thinking about using kickstater.com . I would like to get a feel for how many people may be interested in pledging . the kits will go for about $250 retail and i will have ready to flys as well pledgers will get a deep discount.throw me a pm or give me a shout here if your interested . I will post pics of it as soon as it comes in .here are the specs
Comment by SENTRY on March 24, 2012 at 1:38pm Nice to see you moving w/ the online marketing again Wayne.
Sentry : FPVLAB.COM
Comment by Marcelo Gomes on March 25, 2013 at 1:24pm
Hello!
Someone using techpod with APM2?
I have APM2 in my skywalker 1680mm, and I think that .param file from skywalker, will not be compatible with Techopd airframe, right?
So, if someone could share your pre-tested settings, would be really great.
Thanks!
Comment by wayne garris on March 25, 2013 at 2:23pm I have an APM2.5I will be sharing my set up files when I have it flying.
Comment by Philippe Petit on March 25, 2013 at 2:35pm Hey wayne I always wondered, would you share the aerodynamic output of XFLR5 too?
Thank you
phil
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