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Techpod kickstarter launch .

Posted by crystal garris on August 23, 2012 at 1:00pm

Hey everyone !

Finally got all my ducks in a row , got my video together

Techpod Kickstarter page

Your support is very appreciated . I am here to answer any questions .

feel free to pm me if you want . checkout hobbyuav.com for even more info .

Get it while you still can and thank you all for your support and words of encouragement !

also , went to the annual MAR-C electric fly in at Marymoore r/c park in Redmond Washington . Had a blast , met dan durbin there . he also had an fpv setup although he was running a cool IP downlink and of coarse an APM2 running telemetry only . Got some cool video for the kickstarter video . They liked the techpod so much the gave me this cool award :-)

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crystal garris September 12, 2012 at 1:42pm

we are at $18300 now woot woot!
tshado September 11, 2012 at 6:12am

I am now a backer of your new Techpod Project :-)

Today, $16,504 pledged of $45,000 goal

11 DAYS to go, so DIYDrones members, please support Wayne Garris great Project !!!

Thingers crossed and Good luck Wayne !!

Regards,

JC
robert bouwens August 29, 2012 at 4:18am

i hope the project will reach the deadline.
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Gary Mortimer August 29, 2012 at 3:51am

Keep going Wayne!
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crystal garris August 29, 2012 at 3:00am

woot woot ! thanks Chris and everyone else who has backed me .

so far

22 backers

$4600 raised . we are over 10% !!

going to post the hour long test flight accomplished Monday .

Thanks Guys !
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Chris Anderson August 27, 2012 at 7:56pm

I backed it!
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crystal garris August 24, 2012 at 6:43pm

Camera dome will be about $10 to replace . With the camera right up next to the dome you get no glare . The only time I've replaced one is when I nosed in one of my early prototypes. The domes are acrylic and made with a no-touch vacuum forming process
Stew Skinner August 24, 2012 at 2:41pm

What will be the replacement cost for that big plastic camera dome? I have seen in posts regarding Foamaroo camera dome, is that good quality (low image distortion) plastic domes ain't cheap. How bad is the sun glare through the dome?

I think it looks incredibly awesome and can't wait to see more videos :)
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crystal garris August 24, 2012 at 10:36am

Tilman ,

I will be updating hobbyuav.com with much more technical detail . I have yanked and banked and pulled as many G as I can . It seems about as bullet prof as one can get .

thanks

wayne
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crystal garris August 24, 2012 at 3:23am

wow ! you guys are awesome. just got home after a night of loading parts and pushing buttons and you guys have raised $1,030 ! and all these comments . I'm on cloud nine.

Tilman ,

ya I started drilling out my easyglider wings years ago , replacing the short fiberglass spar with a mostly full span carbon fiber spar . then i would fully glue in the rod with shoo goo . this makes for a bullet prof wing . very rigid torsionally but allows the wing to bow on high loads .