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Ultra - stick style UAV platform

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Thought I would share one of my recent projects. I am designing an ultra stick style UAV platform designed to carry a 3 axis mini 3D pro brushless gimbal for smooth fpv video while the aicraft carries out an autonomous mission. 

The construction uses lasercut balsa and lightply so it will be extremely cheap and easy to make, while the wing is hotwire cut out of eps and then skinned with a sheet of 1mm balsa for stiffness. 

I designed the wing using a constant airfoil section (NACA2414) with washout towards the tip so wing produces an elliptical lift distribution which will greatly improve stall characteristics. 

The wing is designed to fly at 16m/s (around 60km/h) if the airframe is kept at 2kg. so things need to be kept light. 

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