106" span
All carbon fiber and EPP construction
Twin 35-36-1200 outrunners
2x 3200 mAh lipos
Booms are pultruded tubes
attopilot, 9xtend, and video onboard
Flies like a trainer and is very durable
Collapses into a golf bag (except gear)
Absence of fuse is to accommodate a wide variety of payloads.
Duration is unknown. I'm usually carrying something heavy for 15-20min. I suspect I could more than double that with a smaller payload and less aggressive flying :-) (or more packs)
Comments
Thank you for your kind words. I have designed and built a newer, larger airplane but have yet to take any good photos. The design is completely different because the newer plane is for a different purpose. Anyhow, the landing gear and "fuselage" in the photo above are carbon fiber. I built them in the small composites shop where I work part-time: www.beehivecomposites.com . We do lot's of fun little projects and aircraft. Below is a really poor photo of the new one. It's much more impressive and has already been flying since June 2010! For display purposes the landing gear is not installed. It actually has skinny little wheels in the winglets and a steer-able nose wheel when it flies. The dome on the bottom is for a Synthetic Aperature Radar (SAR www.imsar.com). The photo is from AUVSI 2010.