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Composite airframe

Posted by Danny Lombard on January 15, 2011 at 1:57am

I have looked at some airframes and alsmost none of the ARF kits fits the Drone profile to me.

 

I have never thought that I would find myself in a situation to construct a custom airframe so I looked around for airframes constructed for UAV's and I found something perfect for the job it can be seen at http://www.uavfactory.com/ made completely from composite I do not know what the cost is but judging from this page http://www.troybuiltmodels.com/category/UAVF/Fixed-Wing-UAV-RPV-UAS.html and the pricing of the little penguin's friends I would say that is far more than the general hobbyist can afford.

 

So I have never worked with composite but fibreglass is not so hard my question would be what would the" way to go" be to construct such a airframe one idea is to turn the actual fuselage in wood to use as a mould to construct the composite the puzzling part to me is the wing itself how is something like that constructed is the something that keeps it in that form on the inside.

 

I would aprecciate any advice from anybody who can help.

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  • Danny Lombard January 15, 2011 at 4:07am
    Between 3 and 5 hours in the air I know this sounds extreme, I have a idea to update waypoints at a further range.
  • Danny Lombard January 15, 2011 at 3:42am
    Duration is the idea I don't know if a powerplant can be ran but that's the basic idea
  • Danny Lombard January 15, 2011 at 3:32am
    Come to think if it is the v tail really needed I'm looking at something with a pusher prop for that particular model it will have to be a fuel based system.

    I have always liked the predator design but the flaw there is the small fuselage and it's not fuel based.
  • Danny Lombard January 15, 2011 at 2:51am
    The size will have to be smaller than the penguin.

    @johann can silicone moulding work as for the design I can have it designed in cad.
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    Gary Mortimer January 15, 2011 at 2:29am

    Why do you want a custom airframe Danny?? If your going for something the size of the Penguin its hardly going to be a hobby UAS.

     

     

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