As we are rapidly approaching the official release of the Albatross line of aircraft, we thought there would be no better way of saying thank you than by giving away a free airframe to someone in the community. As such we have decided a design contest is in order for the best paint scheme, with the winning designer receiving a free airframe incorporating his/her design.
We'll do our best to get the livery as an added color scheme option but thought this would be a good way to engage the community as we get ready for the release and getting this aircraft into your hands.
The contest is open as of this posting and will finish on November 10th. The designs must be possible from a production and manufacturing perspective (painting/vinyl). There must be an emphasis on orientation and visibility (i.e., contrasting colors), meanwhile maintaining an appealing and good looking aircraft. In that, we are excited and can't wait to see what you all come up with and to get the airframes out to you.
** We are looking for a color scheme that is highly visible, and good with orientation. Conventional aircraft paintjobs are preferred, but we will consider everything. We will accept ANY format. We encourage every design, no matter your artistic ability! If you need to print out the templates, color with crayon, and email us a picture, we don't mind, after all it is the design that counts! So send us your Illustrator, PNG, BMP, JPEG, MS Paint, or even hand drawn design, we will gladly take it into consideration! Ideas can either be emailed to us via the email provided below, they can be uploaded to this blog, or any other contest related posting we have made on other websites.**
Let the designs begin, we look forward to seeing them!
The Applied Aero Team
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http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/applied-aeronautics-and-the-albatross-uas
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/introducing-the-albatross-uav-project
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We will be taking pre orders in the near future. Yes, we are still shooting for that price with at least one of our versions.
Instead of us taking your money, why not give a design/color scheme a shot? If you have the winning color scheme, you will receive a free airframe!
Take my money, please....
When will it be available, and do you still anticipate a ~$650 price point?
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/introducing-the-albatross-uav-p...
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/applied-aeronautics-and-the-alb...
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/exciting-news-from-the-applied-...
We are going to introduce a couple different airframe models, with different build, etc. Depending on airframe the empty weight is between 3-3.4kg, with an MTOW between 8-10kg. All versions are fully composite, and consist of honeycomb, fiberglass, and Carbon fiber. The different versions have varying amounts of carbon, for carrying strengths, weights, etc.
The airframe breaks into pieces and will fit in a box smaller than 100cm x 45cm x 45cm. The 3m wing, breaks into three 1m long sections, the tailboI'm seperately from the wing and tail, and the tail comes apart at the center as well.
Stay tuned for actual flight times and power consumptions. Preliminary results are very promising. I will say however, that it can fit over 40 amps of li-ion 6s.
Anxiously awaiting details... full specs, expected flight times/range, what (if anything) comes apart for transport, price, lead time?
This is the first I have seen about this airframe, but it looks AWESOME. It appears to be composite construction, is it? If so, I am beyond excited - I have been searching near and far for one and can't find anything in the sweet spot of build quality and price. Now please just don't tell me you're charging an arm and a leg for it....
When will it be released?
Yet another...Do you analize technology and manufactirung when draw? Is somebody ask aerodinamics specialist when drawing yet another nice picture?
That's a great idea well done
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