About

Gender

Male


Location

whistler, Britishe columbia


About Me:

i m just a ordinary guy but i have a intrsst in remot control plane cince that i could remember, i left the hobby for normal get a life reasson but i m back and stronger than ever, my padre is a bush pilotso i gruw suronded by plane but my intres was not to pilot them but to bild them so i got in to Rc model for a price reason,i self thaut my self all ther is to kknow abaut airplane and fabricated a fuw model from scratche and was perty good at it, now that the materiels,thecnique and thecnologie is more and more avaleble i m head first in it


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

me and a frind mostly me lol ar bilding a uav 1/3 scale from scratche using all that ar budget can afford around 4000$. ar goal is to bild a uav that is capeble of covering a distance ( in a limited area for legal reason off course)400K and more using as mutche renuable energy that is viable now a days, that would be a achivement for mayself.


Hometown:

quebec. canada


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Alain Rivard replied to Danny Lombard's discussion Composite airframe
"You can actually build something cheaper then that out of composite materiel with out having to build a plug then a mold then a pree preg fabric and then a conclave forming witch is very expencive and give the best result.
 
Sculpt your model out of…"
Jun 27, 2011
Alain Rivard replied to Shekou's discussion Can I mount batteries under the wings ?
"If your wing load still allow for additional weight depending on what wing load you have and what is already on it it's possible , just make a small profile compartment as aerodynamic as possible and find the CG of you plane as it is, balance your…"
Jun 27, 2011
Alain Rivard replied to Zane the brain's discussion airplane designing
"Ok what work on a paper plain won’t work on one large enough to carry the pay load you need. See the fluid dynamic is different on a smaller plane then a bigger one so it dos not mean it will work, if you are planning on a scratches built your up to…"
Jun 27, 2011
Alain Rivard commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A newbie's guide to UAVs
"altight all keep on looking for the cam, thanks for the info chris il go a long way lol
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Jun 18, 2011
Alain Rivard commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A newbie's guide to UAVs
"hey Chiris ty for the inf. now that i know i m ok with the numbers os servos my next question is can you recomende a light weight relay that would suport up to 15v DC, and wat is hightest resolution ccd camera that a 300 to 400$ budeget can get (…"
Jun 18, 2011
Alain Rivard commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A newbie's guide to UAVs
"HI all i m new to this site to i just fin out about it recently, not soon enught to my likeing becaus i would save way mor time fabricating and less looking for the rong stuf for my UAV, now that i can get all the autopilot component that i nead her…"
Jun 17, 2011
Alain Rivard replied to Kevin Baxter's discussion Carbon fiber wings

 
hope it help you and if you decide to start a wing forming le us know will giv you som tips for a cheap vac forming prosses
and soon as the fuselag is finish will start the wings and il send you som pic of the all prosses
 
not the figur is to…"
Jun 17, 2011
Alain Rivard replied to Kevin Baxter's discussion Carbon fiber wings
"Hello, yes you ar right the technology is out ther but nead to be adapted to your nead, and wee ar working on a 4 meters wing desing for a solar cell emplemented wing (laminar flow desing) on a conventional hallow ribes desing ( balsa ribes skin and…"
Jun 17, 2011