Posted by Alex Smith on October 30, 2009 at 1:22pm
Hi, I'm very new to the UAV scene. I was interested in buying a plane that would give me a flight time of well over 1 hour and still have a payload capability to support a camera,GPS, and transmittor (for video streaming and controls). It seems hard to find something that can fly this long, or maybe I'm just not looking in the right direction. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks again for the responses, yea these are the 2 planes I hear about most in the RC world when it comes to UAV, the EasyStar and Maja. I'm wondering why the EasyStar has to be modded with EasyGlider wings; why not use the EasyGlider itself, what advantages does the EasyStar have over the EasyGlider?
And it looks like like the Maja is designed to carry all that payload and airframe size/weight and still be able to achieve a 1 hr flight time, and has a 1.5ft longer wingspan
When it comes to long flight time, what components have to be considered other than the motor, batteries, propeller? I'm still very new to all this science and terminology in the RC world, lol. This may sound very elementary, but what prevents us from implementing the most powerful battery back and motor in a plane if they can fit?
Thank you very much for the help (esp Thomas). I really like the Maja since I think it will give me what I'm looking for. Really the main things I had in mind was if it could handle my requirements for range (between 100m-1000m) and flight time of 1+ hour and it looks like it can do that if I get the full package. Any idea of the max altitude and speed for this model?
Hi Alex,
Please have a look in the following discussion: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/penguin-uav-airframe
Penguin could give you 'well over 1 hour and still have a payload capability to support a camera,GPS, and transmittor '. Please email me if you are interested and I will provide detailed configuration options, delivery and pricing (http://www.uavfactory.com/contacts/).
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And it looks like like the Maja is designed to carry all that payload and airframe size/weight and still be able to achieve a 1 hr flight time, and has a 1.5ft longer wingspan
When it comes to long flight time, what components have to be considered other than the motor, batteries, propeller? I'm still very new to all this science and terminology in the RC world, lol. This may sound very elementary, but what prevents us from implementing the most powerful battery back and motor in a plane if they can fit?
found this link on it:
http://www.borjet.de/xtc/product_info.php?info=p31_MAJA-UAV---RPV.html
Please have a look in the following discussion: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/penguin-uav-airframe
Penguin could give you 'well over 1 hour and still have a payload capability to support a camera,GPS, and transmittor '. Please email me if you are interested and I will provide detailed configuration options, delivery and pricing (http://www.uavfactory.com/contacts/).
Regards,
Konstantins