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OWL: UAV / FPV platform

Posted by Robert Krogh (hooks) on September 11, 2009 at 2:30am

A new platform "OWL" will soon be ready for small RC UAV / FPV flying.

The plane will look like this:

The model are made in glassfiber and balsa:More info on the OWL will come in the near future!A new Platform based on the Multiplex Alfa 2100 are on the Drawing board.Modified as a pusher.Wingspan 2.1MVery stabel platformGood for payload.

fpv, owl, plane, rc, uav

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Robert Krogh (hooks) September 22, 2009 at 11:05am

A new pusher prototype is also on the drawing board. It's based on the Multiplex Alfa 2100

The fusalage will look something like this.

My Alfa is a very stable platform, which I hope can be transferred to the pusher platform.

BTW still working on the OWL, bad weather are also a big problem this time a year in Scandinavia.
Craig Palmer September 17, 2009 at 6:32pm

CG should not be a problem,flying the plane from outside it is the problem but I am working on that

Craig
Jay Smith September 17, 2009 at 4:54pm

Your project looks very exciting. I can hardly wait to see some video. How are you thinking about attaching your camera dome and are you going to articulate the dome or the camera inside the dome? I've picked up a couple of domes at Fry's to try but they distorted the picture more than I wanted.

Hope you can post some video soon

Good luck.
wgreeley September 17, 2009 at 11:01am

The ScanEaglet needed 6 degrees of washout (60" wingspan) to reduce porpoising
space_nut September 17, 2009 at 10:36am

I've done some prelim work for elevons using BS2. Jordi has a routine for elevon control in his code but it's listed as "not tested"

Here's my BS2 routine:
Send_Servos:
PULSOUT RflapOUT, center_aileron - (center_elevator-elevator) + ((center_aileron - aileron) / mix)
PULSOUT LflapOUT, center_aileron + (center_elevator-elevator) + ((center_aileron - aileron) / mix)
RETURN
george September 17, 2009 at 10:29am

Anyone working on elevon control for arduino?
Peter Meister September 17, 2009 at 10:23am

Oh one other question? What airfoil did you use for the wings ?
Peter Meister September 17, 2009 at 10:22am

Looks great. The landings will be kind of tough with the wings that long. Is the fuselage reinforced at the bottom to handle the landings on the fuselage bottom ? It looks really really nice Hooks :)
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Robert Krogh (hooks) September 17, 2009 at 10:08am

The wing and winglet will of cause be easyly removable. It need to be good for transport.
Angus Peart September 17, 2009 at 9:59am

Are the wings and winglets easily removable? Something like this would really need to pack down for me, especially with the winglets being so big.