So my drone project has been a slow process, I've got my Ardupilot mega, and it's doing everything it should do on the ground, but I'm yet to find an airframe I'm happy to fly it in, and because I like to do everything the hard way, I decided to build my plane 100% from scratch.

I've been toying with different frame designs, and decided to give a basic twin boom design a try, something I've never flown before. I decided to make version1 very basic, small, and RC only, just to get used to the flight characteristics. 

The fuse and wing are standard Styrofoam, cut with a hot wire. The wing is reinforced with a small carbon fibre tube, and both are covered in monocote. 

After a successful maiden flight I decided to strap my helmet cam to it and push the plane to it's limits, I obviously didn't push hard enough (apart from blowing up my motor at the end).

Motor has been removed in the photo.

Enjoy and try not to get sick watching ;)

Don't know if the embedding will work so heres the url http://vimeo.com/19422516

Some RC fun from Jon Keller on Vimeo.