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Posted by Robert Krogh (hooks) on December 13, 2011 at 10:30am

New wing from Skywalker factory >>X8 UAV platform<<

For those who want Long range / Long flying time / High payload the new X8 wing will get you there..

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The wing X8, will be released early 2012.

Wing span: 2122mm

Wing area: 80dm2

valid payload: 1000-2000g


X8 use KV730 2820 Motor, 40-60A ESC and 1260, 1280 prop

 

X8 skywalker wing

I'm already in love with this bird...

 

Now the X8 wing is ready in strong EPO foam

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  • Mauro Rodriguez March 29, 2012 at 1:54pm

    Hi Peter!

    How are you?

    I am interested in the X8 for AP.

    Some questions... ;)

    Did you already test it with the Hacker motor? 

    How long do you think you can fly with 2 x 4s 5000mAh at aprox. 30 mph???

    Can it carry 15000 mAh without any problem?

    Thanks for your help!

  • Arash Joorabchi March 17, 2012 at 4:33am

    @peter

    thanks for the info and I am looking forward to see the videos of your new experiments with this airframe. It would be helpful if you could include the motor/esc/prop/battery specs and resulted characteristics, e.g., net weight, flight time, max speed, at the beginning of the videos or their descriptions.

  • Peter March 16, 2012 at 4:10pm

    @ Arash

    manfred (friend of mine) did the long endurance flight in this video - i have a "more powerful" setup with the Hacker A30 10xl v2 which is more efficient so we both have nearly the same flight time! manfred´s x8 is powered by an turnigy 3548 with 790kv - not really powerful but perfect for fpv and filming! we both didn´t change  ánything since the last videos - but this weekend we´ll try some other motor/prop combinations!

    http://youtu.be/3hdTtIRLm2w

     

    peter

  • Arash Joorabchi March 16, 2012 at 2:50pm

    @peter Have you changed anything since your long endurane flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFb8-n0M0o&list=UUMFmCadWjOasgR...

  • Peter March 16, 2012 at 2:07pm

    http://youtu.be/YGdJoVuhRwE

     

  • Peter March 16, 2012 at 2:07pm

    @Neil

     

    this video will give you all answers to your questions ;)

    the x8 is a perfect glider but you can go fast as well - our top speed was 177km/h (throttle at 85%)

    peter

  • CORNELIUS P BRICE March 16, 2012 at 1:30pm

    How was it when you go low and slow. Can you let me know how low and how slow?

    Neil

  • Peter March 16, 2012 at 8:32am

    http://youtu.be/3hdTtIRLm2w

     

    Hacker A30 10xl v2 - 2x 4s 5000mah 45C - 11x8 folding prop - flight time up to 85min - top speet 160km/h and more

    feel free to ask me any question about the X8 ;)

     

    peter

  • Rick Stewart March 7, 2012 at 11:03pm

    These bad boys are now up for preorder on bevrc.com

    Rick

  • Michael February 21, 2012 at 7:18pm

    There is a lively thread on the X8 over at RCG

    http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1555543

    Given that several are up and flying and a few have come down hard, what are your general thoughts on this plane?  Thus far there haven't been any of the worst cases some were predicting.

    Thoughts?

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