I was wondering if there are any tips out there for making the drone last as long as possible in the air. I'm sure keeping the weight down is important, but might there be any words of wisdom on build a craft that can stay in the air for long periods of time?
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Wow, thanks for the really good feed back! I just learned about this drone project yesterday, and I am very impressed and inspired by what I see and read. Thanks again.
One tool to help you optimize your desighn is to purchace a licens for MoterCalc. I bought MoterCalc 8 for I think 35-40 us$. It is a very powerful tool and allows you to simulate a crude simulation of you airframe as well as pick moter/prop/battery combinations. It gives you a plane english evaluation of you design and prints charts that tell you every thing that can be known, like battery amps/volts, moter amps/volts (they are different),Air speed stall speed, endurance time, and more.Very useful tool. You should easily be able to go for 2 hours if endurance is your goal.
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