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About Me:
Just starting out with UAV's, will be making my own scratch built plane as i cant find a suitable one for the right money.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Just ordered a APM will be fitting it to a homebuilt UAV with the aim of carrying a camera and being able to plot a course to photograph.
Hometown:
Brisbane, Australia
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here is an interesting article about drones and future uses - http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-is-your-pilot-speaking-im-...
"Jason, I agree with the safety aspect, the only stored energy is in the compressor section and I leave the air hose unplugged until just about launch time. I then plug the hose onto the launcher and have a manual trigger(which I will mount onto a…"
"Mike, its a flat bottom wing and I havent measured it but it looks to be inline with the wheels, it would be easy enough to change the angle of attack by moving the brackets on the trolley frame, I have tried to keep it as simple as possible and…"
"Seppo, we can just try the string around some random part of the plane and see what happens...."
"I will be happy with 50 launches the plane costs 135 so thats less than $3 a launch, given the other risks to the airframe during flight I am not planning on handing the airframe down to the next generation:)
Ramp angle is 11 deg.
As for using a…"
Ramp angle is 11 deg.
As for using a…"
"Carl La France, i not sure what your question means but the plane is a pretty docile one and would normally take off in about 20 - 30 meters on good grass, its too heavy to hand throw.
Rigel, i have made another post with pictures, its just…"
Rigel, i have made another post with pictures, its just…"
So I thought I would get some close up shots and higher res video to show some of the finer details of the launcher. Like most things in this hobby it didn't go to plan as when i went to take off the Esc and Motor smoked themselves, so no launch,…
"Nick, yes, the trolley design is a simple sliding frame and would just need an adjustment to your planes dimensions and adding some hard points to the plane, i left the gear on the boomerang as i wanted to be able to power the engine as it slides up…"
"The boomerang 60 weighs 3.3kg plus motor 200grams, batts 900g ( 7000mah x 6 cell), apm1,servos another 200 grams or so, total about 5kg and i could probably carry a fair bit more as its pretty docile and the wing is huge.
Richie"
Richie"
Today I christened my new plane launcher with success. I have built this as I have found the properties where I want to fly from have little or no adequate takeoff areas since the fields are full of waist high grass or lots of rough ground. Landing…
"Yes i have done this, although it was not as easy as i first thought it would be, i had to cut the notch open a little bit to allow the curved section to sit close to the board. Also be aware that you have to flood the solder to fill in to both…"
"Ok, so no replies means it was a stupid question, but i figured out what was wrong.
The elevator needed reversing in the apm, the rc sticks were the correct way around but when switching to stabilize mode the apm took over and was the wrong way…"
The elevator needed reversing in the apm, the rc sticks were the correct way around but when switching to stabilize mode the apm took over and was the wrong way…"
I crashed the other day with the apm on board and so I have moved to a new plane, (the original plane was a cessna sykartec, the new one is a 40 size trainer converted to electric)The new plane when switched to stabilize mode pitches up to full…
"Tom, the cessna did not come with a spare, my first one did and the wing was alot stronger ( I had a midair with a light pole with it and the wing only dented), this last one had no wing spare and looking back i should have added one and not relied…"
"Tom, i take it you are asking about the intact uav and not the cessna, there are two fibre glass wind rods that run through brss tubes in the fuse and in the wings with the rods supported by plywood end plates and braces setinto the foam wings, the…"
