Getting started

Hi there, I am Diego from Venezuela, i want to start in the UAV proyect after being rc modeller for 15 years and robotics entusiast for a year, http://aventgps.blogspot.com

I have ordered from this site, Spark fun and Adafruit all the items i was intructed by this page LINK

I am going to use a JR XP6102 6 channel radio 72 MHz in PCM modulation
Xbee telemetry in 900 MHz
Video Tx in 1.3 GHz.
Electric motor with LiPo batery

I plan to modify the airplane in this way:

Eliminate the hidedral (done)
Cut off the tail. (done)
Make the wings 20% longer (cancelled)
Build an inverted Vtail in a double boom from the wings (done but deciding)
Repair the fuselage (done)
Make more room for battery and electronics,,,, (lots of room)
Cover the airplane in Monokote ( done )

I started to make the calculations for the cutout allready....

Have a ton of work to do before my electronics arrive home (10 days estimated)...

I will wait for your opinions.....

Thanks for receiving me here!!!!!!!!!!

Diego.

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diego colonnello November 1, 2010 at 11:36am

in my blog http://aventgps.blogspot.com

you will find pics of my machine
Ron Jacobs November 1, 2010 at 10:23am

What CNC machine?
diego colonnello October 28, 2010 at 10:37pm

all the servos are going to be mounted on the wing, so i am going to have lots of space inside the fuselage.
diego colonnello October 28, 2010 at 10:35pm

here is how it goes:
diego colonnello October 28, 2010 at 8:46pm

hello Kamu, the machine was made totally from scratch...
Russkel October 28, 2010 at 7:18pm

Hi,
I like your CNC machine! Did you build it from plans or from scratch? (I am wanting to make my own..)
Curt Olson October 28, 2010 at 6:01am

Rebuilding planes can be rewarding and often it's not as bad as it first looks, once you cut away some covering and start inspecting the damage underneath and trying to match up the loose shards. Here's some pictures from a big rebuild project I did a while back. The aircraft is still flying as good as new today.

http://www.flightgear.org/blogs/curt/uas/rascal-1/sig-rascal-110-1-...

I wish you all the best with your rebuild project. It sounds a lot more ambitious than just getting the old airframe back to flying condition. But if you have time and the materials you can do pretty much anything you like. It's only balsa wood. :-)
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Alex October 28, 2010 at 1:37am

I dont realy see the point in rebuilding the tail to be an inverted V unless the current one is broken. But I do agree that it will look cooler to have inverted V, so if you have the time go ahead :-) and will be cool to see the photos of your build

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