Moril,
I concur on the title but I disagree on the "model rocket shop" statement on two grounds, first there are some very exotic materials/designs in the highpower rocketry shops and second, I don't think Craig was trying to minimize the design/engineering, just giving an example of how some of us without that type of facility might be able to produce something similar to their design. My take on the tube is that I like it, very simple in a less is more type of way. It has a very good strength/volume ratio and will allow for a modular payload capacity with quick change out due to the fact of the wing saddle/tail boom design ( with simplified CG optimization). all of this IMHO of course. Beautiful plane, can't wait to see it with the wing tips in place.
Hey Garris, nice photos you added recently !
Seems great setup there !, surely very difficult for an individual UAV hobby guy to have such a big setup.
What is this moulding frames made of ?
Inrunner motors becomes very hot while runing, take that into consideration, further outrunner motors have better efficiency and better endurance as compared with the inrunner motors. This I am saying based on my own experience. I generally do my own winding of the motors as per my own requirement.
You also need to put bended spring wire under the tail boom end to act like a landing gear and protect the rudder of the plane.
@ isobot
yes you are right servo is buried in the vert stab and the servo for the full flying elevator is buried in the elevator its self.and thank for the compliment .
Wayne
@ Rana
cant go into great detail about motors but my philosophy is this: high voltage ,high impedance , "inrunner"( much more efficient),gear box , big prop . also i used this to calculate motor performance
@ GARY
wing tips are on but its raining cats and dogs and ufo shaped balloons . lol. will get more pics when the weather is ready for test flights
@ Craig & Gary & Rana & Sarel & Benjamine
thank you very much for the compliments !
Wayne
We like simple, although you can tell lots of thought has gone into that, simple looking results often hide good design, did you put the top of the tailplane back to make it less short coupled?? Thats probably the best looking SPAD that I have seen ;-) any shots with the wingtips on??
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I concur on the title but I disagree on the "model rocket shop" statement on two grounds, first there are some very exotic materials/designs in the highpower rocketry shops and second, I don't think Craig was trying to minimize the design/engineering, just giving an example of how some of us without that type of facility might be able to produce something similar to their design. My take on the tube is that I like it, very simple in a less is more type of way. It has a very good strength/volume ratio and will allow for a modular payload capacity with quick change out due to the fact of the wing saddle/tail boom design ( with simplified CG optimization). all of this IMHO of course. Beautiful plane, can't wait to see it with the wing tips in place.
Seems great setup there !, surely very difficult for an individual UAV hobby guy to have such a big setup.
What is this moulding frames made of ?
Inrunner motors becomes very hot while runing, take that into consideration, further outrunner motors have better efficiency and better endurance as compared with the inrunner motors. This I am saying based on my own experience. I generally do my own winding of the motors as per my own requirement.
You also need to put bended spring wire under the tail boom end to act like a landing gear and protect the rudder of the plane.
yes you are right servo is buried in the vert stab and the servo for the full flying elevator is buried in the elevator its self.and thank for the compliment .
Wayne
cant go into great detail about motors but my philosophy is this: high voltage ,high impedance , "inrunner"( much more efficient),gear box , big prop . also i used this to calculate motor performance
@ GARY
wing tips are on but its raining cats and dogs and ufo shaped balloons . lol. will get more pics when the weather is ready for test flights
@ Craig & Gary & Rana & Sarel & Benjamine
thank you very much for the compliments !
Wayne
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