Hey everyone,
I'm Karan from India and have been involved with drones for around 3 years now.
I'm the sub-coordinator of the Aero Dynamics club here. We are a bunch of highly motivated people who love building planes and see them soaring high up in the sky. You can check it out here:
For almost one year I worked on designing a solar powered UAV capable of theoretical perpetual flight so I have an in depth knowledge of multi-disciplinary optimization since you have to individually make each part efficient and as a system too. But sadly the project stalled due to lack of funds. I hope I'm able to pursue it further sometime in future.
I have worked extensively in Aircraft CFD analysis and control systems (way point navigation). I have been working on these domains exclusively since the past 3 years.
I have worked on multiple autopilot systems and have designed completely autonomous multi-copters. I have also worked on aircraft design and completely constructed a 4-axis CNC machine for foam cutting (airframes) and test rigs with my mates here.
I've been in talks with Wayne Garris and hopefully we'll soon be working together on the next techpod along with the complete drone community. (if the design becomes open source)
Really excited about this, would be a great learning opportunity working withprofessionals like Wayne.
Looking forward to working with you Wayne.
Do check out the attached pictures.
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Hey Wayne,
Are you still interested in using CADDrones.com for the Open Source Development of the TechPod? We are editing the website, forums, and database on CADDrones.com as I am writing this.
Joshua Johnson,
CAD Drones, LLC
Minneapolis, MN
So, the files are up at grabcad for now. enoy!
The techpod by Wayne Garris is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Inverted V tail/ A tail has some really interesting characteristics. The first is tip vorticity reduction. A traditional tail is responsible for at least 3 vorticies, a standard V at least 2, and an inverted V almost none.
Each halve acts similarly to a winglet, for the other half, which in turn reduces the tip vorticity at the center.
Inverted V has better yaw authority, and is more capable of coordinated turns. As the plane banks, the inner half of the V becomes more vertical, helping reduce slip. Also, as the plane banks, the outer half now acts more efficiently as an elevator. These two effects help maintain a constant speed, constant altitude, coordinated turn.
I really like the a tails as well. Probably one of the more efficient set ups. Considering it for TP2.0
grant, thanks! We have some very interesting people on board so far. Things are really coming together.
This sounds really exciting. I hope this open source idea goes well!
(http://www.xtremepowersystems.net/proddetail.php?prod=XPS-X10%2B&am... ) in the Fuselage. Works like a charm.
The canard looks very interesting as well.
We recently made our own 3D printer too.
Hi Karen, I smell the start of great things:) The bottom pic is a great rendering but the other 2 is great as well - bottom one of the real planes looks like a Rutan design. It's amazing what you can achieve with limited resources if the will is strong enough - what are you shaping the fuselages with? Keep it up.
I like the way Wayne is steering this - seems to have good direction now.
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