Posted by David Hensel on December 26, 2009 at 6:13pm
I'm planning my Senior Design Project for next year, and I've come across a few fun fields related to RC aircraft. My plan is to come up with a stable platform that will hold the ArduPilot system along with a somewhat modular bay for sensory equipment, video, or other equipment to use the plane as a civilian UAV for some purpose. (I'm working on writing an undergraduate research grant request, so any ideas for how this could be practically used would be great as well)Anyways, I'm planning to develop a High Wing trainer type plane (I currently fly a BluBaby as seen on the rcgroups forum) So something along the lines of a Piper Cub. My thoughts are, this will be a stable platform that is capable of carrying a camera, but also be equipped with another system for a purpose given a certain load weight.Size is most likely from a 42" ws minimum to probably about 6 feet or whatever will stop fitting in my car. There are some other design factors involved with size.I originally had a motor glider (like the EasyStar) in plan as a design, however I do not know how that style of plane handles loading.I have read that V tails are more stable in the wind, and I'm not 100% familiar with what aspects of design will affect what.I open this thread to tell my plan, and ask for insight from others.
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I did a uav for my Senio Design Project as well. Due to the short time frame you have for design, development and testing. get a plane that can fly itself,
If they made a RC version the 4-1/2 foot wingspan glider that they sell at wal-mart that would be a great starting point. I would stay away form V-tails they have a small advantige in wind but are more sensitive to CG.
The Easy Star would be great or the Easy glider would work great for what you are looking to do and then just put a blister pod on under the wing for your payload.
space is not a problem for a solution it can be handled with carbon fiber rods and aluminium square pipes ( maja like ) snap on 3 section wings the problem about long WS is the take off but it increases efficiency a lot you can also have in a landing gear
i heard that some how the easy glider wings can be installed in the easy star but because of that you will need a longer yaw for better control
easy star can handle weight very well
there are several home made designs that you can use and save time
also have in mind the engineering behind the factory ones,,, if weight and space is the first word in your mind then i recommend you the borjet maja
here you can get the CAD http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/borjet-maja-cad-model
or buy it from www.borjet.com
please add updates im planning in designing my own model
you can find some books about scale aircraft foam modeling that will save you some researching
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If they made a RC version the 4-1/2 foot wingspan glider that they sell at wal-mart that would be a great starting point. I would stay away form V-tails they have a small advantige in wind but are more sensitive to CG.
The Easy Star would be great or the Easy glider would work great for what you are looking to do and then just put a blister pod on under the wing for your payload.
i heard that some how the easy glider wings can be installed in the easy star but because of that you will need a longer yaw for better control
easy star can handle weight very well
there are several home made designs that you can use and save time
also have in mind the engineering behind the factory ones,,, if weight and space is the first word in your mind then i recommend you the borjet maja
here you can get the CAD http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/borjet-maja-cad-model
or buy it from www.borjet.com
please add updates im planning in designing my own model
you can find some books about scale aircraft foam modeling that will save you some researching
greeting