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HG3.2 Preflight Check of first Hybrid Engine Variable Pitch Multicopter :) FOXTEAM

Posted by Roberto Navoni on September 20, 2010 at 9:00am

Hello everyone,
in this video you can see the first pre-flight testing on the new HG3.2 the airplane has the following features:
Created by Joseph D'Angelo
Hardware and firmware development: Roberto Navoni
Electronic Edge: Ardubotix 1.0A (Multipilot)
Wheelbase: 1.65 m
Maximum dimensions: 2.60 x 2.60 m
V2 Version: hybrid
Electric Motor: Hacker A60
Petrol Engine: Zenoah
Blades: SAB Composite
Frame: DIY

Here we can found the video : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/hg32-preflight-check

Here you can found the full story : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profiles/blogs/hg3-the-era-of-quad-variable

Blog of Giuseppe Pipposoft for the friends ;) : http://www.virtualrobotix.com/profile/GiuseppeDAngelo?xg_source=activity

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Jeffrey batista September 22, 2010 at 4:53am

How will this work it only has one engine how can one engine send different rpms to all 4 props how are you going to control this thing.
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Sandro Benigno September 21, 2010 at 5:17am

Roberto, just one word: awesome!
Rana September 21, 2010 at 2:27am

Robero, hats off to you for your wonderfull work !
Infact you though like me and implimented first ;-))

Quadrocopter has its own UAV application for short range surveillance.
This will open new era in the Quadrocopter de sign race..
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Roberto Navoni September 20, 2010 at 3:25pm

So the lift is around 4 kg the in order to flight is around 12 kg without payload around 8.5 kg
Arash Joorabchi September 20, 2010 at 2:35pm

Hi all,

As I understand, in this setting, it is the rotor pitch which is adjusted with a high frequency instead of the rotation speed and therefore, the rotation speed is constant at each given time for all the rotors. if this is the case, I am wondering how this would affect the stability of the quad in general, and its maneuverability in terms of responsiveness in specific.

Thanks
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Gary Mortimer September 20, 2010 at 2:07pm

Well thought out very cool, I watched the flight video and it sure looks impressive. What do you think the final machine will be able to lift?
Danilo Scarato September 20, 2010 at 2:00pm

Nice work, Foxteam is great !
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Roberto Navoni September 20, 2010 at 1:53pm

Hi Gary ... the first version of HG3 flight and to solve the vibration we use ADXRS 610 Gyro and a big mass where attached imu . The imu is connected to the frame by a silentblock that cut the high frequency vibration ...
this is the link of our imu http://www.flickr.com/photos/44555417@N04/page2/
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Gary Mortimer September 20, 2010 at 1:47pm

Will be interesting to see if the IMU will handle the vibration.