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  • Hi Treville,

    Main units are HobbyKing 10 blade alloy 70mm EDF unit 4s 3000kv 1200watt, rear unit is Dr. Mad Thrust 50mm 10 Blade Alloy EDF 3300kv.  HobbyKing have a vast range of these.  Being alloy construction, they don't distort under load like the plastic ones.

  • That is so awesome!  What kind of motors did you use/where did you find them?

  • Build so far is around 600 hours over an 18 month period, so, sorry guys, I have to resist the temptation to rush into the first flight.  I'm fitting a temporary u/c now for the first hops, on long grass!

    James, think hard before converting to ducted fans.  I had no choice with this one, for realism, but they really suck the power.  Hovering current is 100A from 5.6Ah 4S cells, giving around 3 minutes flight time.  But the noise is so cool, a sort of whine scream whoosh!  Especially from the HobbyKing multiblade units I'm using.

  • Now that's a cool project, make me wanna convert my hobby king tricopter fiberglass fuse with ducted fans, show videos of actual flight soon.
  • Looks like it's doing fine. Time to cut it loose and fly it! I'd like to see it when you do.

  • Yes, I'm fully expecting it to become self-aware at some point.  Probably just after I fit machine guns and rockets.

  • So this is how the end begins.

  • Not very afraid of Skynet when it's hanging by a rope-swing from a tree, I wonder if this is how an advanced machine intelligence would test robots? Looks pretty cool though.
  • The result is very convincing. From the looks i would have sworn that it was molded plastic. I cant wait to see it fly :)

  • Developer

    Now that is a FANTASTIC justification for using ducted fans on a copter :)

    Well done!

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