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Predator plans (make one out of bluecore foam)

Posted by Chris Anderson on May 8, 2010 at 12:30pm


Very nice plans to make a smallish Predator out of bluecore foam. Too small for a decent UAV (and as we've said here many times, Predators are not the best flyers, being both short-coupled and prone to twitchy pitch, and vulnerable to tip-stalling on landing). But if you want to scale this up, these plans are excellent and would be a good place to start.


Sample:


Plans are here


RCG thread is here.


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  • Daniel Gru May 9, 2010 at 2:38pm
    EZ* is a well known acronym for the easy-star ;-)

    Daniel
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    Morli May 9, 2010 at 2:35pm
    Mat, Link pls for EZ ? are you talking about easystar ? !!
  • Mike May 9, 2010 at 2:32pm
    Morli - why reinvent the EZ*? ;-)
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    Morli May 9, 2010 at 6:39am
    If I ever make one , I will Fix the wing up side down and make it high winger :)) , is there a rule that we have to fly it like big boys do!? The nose bulb doesn't have to be on the top , it can be on the bottom to hold the cam and stuff for us. Mess with the idea/design guys , we are Diydrones not copycats ( where ever we can) . No offense to predator or any one.
  • Tiago Gameiro May 8, 2010 at 4:20pm
    The CG of any aircraft should be at 1/4 or 1/3 of the chord. Always. Great planes, by the way...
  • Ørjan Kvalheim Lønningen May 8, 2010 at 3:50pm
    That would be cool ...
  • Mike May 8, 2010 at 3:37pm
    And next week - how to make a Predator out of a rolled up copy of the Daily Mail ;-)
  • Ørjan Kvalheim Lønningen May 8, 2010 at 2:09pm
    very useful
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