I am very excited to present ObliX to you! ObliX is my multirotor-blimp-drone idea, which will hopefully combine the flight time endurance of a blimp with the agile dynamics of a quadcopter.
The largest dimension of this hybrid-blimp would measure about 3 m and the lifting force of the helium volume would be close to 3 kg.
Starting to build ObliX, I decided to make a development blog about it. To be able to present and discuss the progress in just the way I like, I thought it might be a good idea to make my own website for it. So here it goes:
http://danielwibbing.wix.com/oblix
It would be awesome if you would have a look at my website and support the develop ObliX with your comments. Maybe you would even like to become a member of the development team? Go ahead and contact me!
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@ cedivad: I am considering to use the Sunpower A-300 solar cells, although I have not yet found out where to buy them in Europe/Germany. One of these cells has a rated power of 3.1 W, so under good conditions, I might get around 86 W out of the 28 cells I have planned to use. That should extend battery life by a good amount. What kind of solar cells have you calculated with and how much power would you have needed to achieve maneuverability?
I made some calculations in the past and realised that due to the huge volume of the blimp you wouldn't be able to manovrate it using photovoltaic panels in any basically any wind condition at all.
If you found different results, go ahead with the project :)
@ John Rambo: You might be right. However, using 4 rotors facing to the front has two advantages:
1. Wind will be the main problem when flying ObliX. To be maneuverable also during windy conditions, 4 rotors will be better than 2.
2. 4 rotors add safety. If the helium envelope should get a leakage, ObliX could rotate 90° around its horizontal axis and fly without the lifting force of the helium, like a normal quadcopter with 4 rotors facing upwards.
What do you think? Would these arguments justify the X-configuration of the 4 rotors facing to the front?
the design seems "a bit" over-killed with propellers. I'm certain that in the final CAD you'll end-up with couple of those remaining (one on each side, front-facing).
@ John Church: Oh, now I understand! It's my pleasure! ;)
@ Mathew krawczun: Thank you, I'm happy you like it! Stay tuned for the progress news! :)
@ mP1: Sorry for not positing a lot of details yet. I'll step by step add these on my website. To give a quick answer for now: For the IMU I am considering to use the "Adafruit 10-DOF IMU Breakout - L3GD20 + LSM303 + BMP180" and for the autopilot I will try to write my own code and implement it on an arduino DUE board. The placement of the electronics will be in the center of the four helium balloon quarters. I will soon show some details of the mechanical design, which are not visible in teh CAD image I have shown you.
@Jack Crossfire: It doesn't have anything todo with politics. Why are you asking?
@ Daniel Lukonis: It would be great to get your assistance where ever possible! I'm already very curious to see the "px4 autopilot project" you mentinoed. Thank you so much in advance! :)
What does this have to do with politics?
You havent mentioned what sensors and their placement or autopilot you will use or develop ?
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