Posted by Robert Mehrer on November 1, 2009 at 6:28pm
Im completly new to all of this. Ive been googling and reading for days. Im trying to find information on a Ducted Fan UAV like the militarys MAV drone. I would like to build one from hobby parts but i have no clue on where to start what hardware i would use or what info to read on. It seems like a Plane style UAV is the most simple to build, next to a QuadRotor which still kinda has me iffy on the controls. BUt im wanting to start a slow project something to keep me busy and learn as i go. But i would love to build a Ducted fan Drone that is GPS controlled and autonomous... Any info would be great!
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Ducted fans are very inefficient and will give relatively short flight times (5minutes). The launch of a ducted fan model can also be problematic as it has to achieve a reasonable speed to give the required thrust to fly.
AS a newcomer I would start at the beginning and manually fly a simply prop based aircraft first, then move to a ducted fan before looking to put an autopilot on board. In tjis way you will get experience of flying different types of aircraft before the added complications of an autopilot.
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AS a newcomer I would start at the beginning and manually fly a simply prop based aircraft first, then move to a ducted fan before looking to put an autopilot on board. In tjis way you will get experience of flying different types of aircraft before the added complications of an autopilot.
Peter