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Techpod 1.0 beta

Posted by crystal garris on August 31, 2010 at 8:00pm

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SPECS:

cruise speed - 27knots

max speed - 55knots

max weight - 4.4 lbs

flight time - 1 hour+

climb rate - 2000 ft/min

features :

EPP wings and tail

carbon fiber tail boom

clear lexan ,fully removable top hatches

clear acrylic "camera quality" dome

pan/tilt camera mount

retail price will be approx $150-$200

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  • Albert Augustine September 1, 2010 at 9:17am
    wow it looks great does it include every thing there and does it handle well?
  • Ron Jacobs September 1, 2010 at 7:24am
    Nice looking plane. Somethng that jumped out at me was the wing root area and the fact there is not a lot of material there. I assume the wooden "spar" goes out into the wing, but as the EPP forms part of the structure of the wing at the root, I would think you would want to maintain as much material there as possible. Very interested in flight characteristics. Have you flown this design yet?
  • Anthony Bee September 1, 2010 at 7:16am
    Big question!
    Who or how do you get your acrylic clear plasic molds???
    I'M working on a high school senior project where im building a uav from scratch with my on designs!
    My design incorperates a simular done nose that houses the camera..
    I just dont know where or how to get my own specifications on custom vacume molds?
  • Jonathan Lussier September 1, 2010 at 6:02am
    Good work Wayne, you should work out a distribution agreement with Chris!
  • Andrew Van Der Plaats September 1, 2010 at 4:25am
    I for one would be very interested in learning more. Please feel free to forward
    more information as it becomes available and thanks for helping show us that
    there's more than one way to approach this.
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    Alex September 1, 2010 at 3:16am
    Your plane looks very nice :-), but I was interested in finding out how you achieve the 1hour+ endurance? Could you share details on ur electronic specs?

    I understand if you dont want to share any of ur electonic specs right now since i guess you are planning to sell this. You mentioned the cost of $150-$200, what all is included in that cost? airframe + servo, motor, esc, battery.. or just the airframe?
  • passunca September 1, 2010 at 2:09am
    that is a very cool looking plane
  • Dustin Romero August 31, 2010 at 9:57pm
    whats the electronics specs?
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