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X8 flying wing

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..

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

uav, big, wing, x8

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Troy Fardell July 19, 2012 at 3:41am

here is mine so far. I think it will be the heaviest one flying. Chute landing ortho mapper

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Delfin Magote III July 14, 2012 at 10:31pm

Hey guys, can you help me with my X8 Drone setup? Please see my post here. Thanks!
Hans Miller June 17, 2012 at 2:42pm

I'll post up some pictures when I get home from work.
james sowell June 17, 2012 at 4:58am

yea mine was beat up perty good to back 2 inches of the wing tip was broke but a lot of dings was wanting to cover it with that carbon vinyl any ways
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Robert Krogh (hooks) June 17, 2012 at 4:18am

Could you please show some pictures?
Hans Miller June 16, 2012 at 6:10pm

Just received mine in the mail and I have to say there are some things I am less then impressed about:

-I ordered black EPO foam. NOT white EPO foam RESPRAYED BLACK.

-The packaging could be better. This would avoid slight damage to the tips of the wings at the trailing edges.

- Fit could be a hell of a lot better. I am going to have to trim a fair few bits of foam so the fuselage fits together.

Having said all that, I am looking forward to the build immensely.
james sowell May 31, 2012 at 6:58am

not yet still working on missing parts and carbon strips in the wings
Gus Fraser May 30, 2012 at 1:36am

Mine is on order. Has anyone fitted retract gear/retract nose skid ? if so what did you fit and how did it go ?

I did see on rcgroups a guiy made a dolly for take off. I intyent to cover mine in 3m carbon vinyl any feedback on this is it a good or bad idea ?

I think that this airframe opens up a new challenge for drones. Longest X8 auto flight. Take off, cruise and landing hehe !!

I intend to run mine with an fpv camera and the camera tracking code set with an HD hero mounted in the nose with pan and tilt. I want to mees with the code a bit to create a new script element that will allow camera tracking of the active waypoint :-)

Thanks in advance.
james sowell May 4, 2012 at 7:11pm

castle 50 castle 10 amp bec you can go a little bigger Im trying to go with long flight time you can shoot him a email and he can hook you up but I still get my batt. from HK you can go here with X8 stuff trying to get PID setting on this site http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1555543
BriFly May 4, 2012 at 6:34pm

Thanks for the info James. What size ESC are you using with that setup?