EasyStar Fuselage Mod Question
Hi guys, a brief update on my project thus far - I have modified a NexStar EP to serve as my main UAV platform, and have currently installed a camera, transmitter, and an EzOSD (highly recommended) and will be looking at how to best integrate the autopilot in the next few days. While the NexStar is an excellent platform for carrying payloads and a very forgiving trainer, there are things about it I don't like - for instance, the 300 or so feet required to launch it (I am still using the speed breaks to help with landing).
When I return to school in a month or so, I hope to secure funding for, among other things, EasyStar to test some of my more radical ideas before risking the NexStar. I am trying to do as much planning as possible before I ask for a grant, and this leads me to my question.
From the instruction manuals I've read over, it seems that the NexStar's two fuselage pieces are intended to be epoxied together once the internal components have been placed. Rather than permanently glue the two halves together, would it be possible to join the two together through a combination of rare-earth magnets and small carbon spars? I've read in another thread here that small magnets like that aren't much of an issue if they aren't moving, and the carbon spars would help keep everything aligned. If anyone's interested, I could make a quick mock-up on Paint and post it.
For those people like me who read the stuff at the bottom first: would it be possible to join the two together through a combination of rare-earth magnets and small carbon spars?
When I return to school in a month or so, I hope to secure funding for, among other things, EasyStar to test some of my more radical ideas before risking the NexStar. I am trying to do as much planning as possible before I ask for a grant, and this leads me to my question.
From the instruction manuals I've read over, it seems that the NexStar's two fuselage pieces are intended to be epoxied together once the internal components have been placed. Rather than permanently glue the two halves together, would it be possible to join the two together through a combination of rare-earth magnets and small carbon spars? I've read in another thread here that small magnets like that aren't much of an issue if they aren't moving, and the carbon spars would help keep everything aligned. If anyone's interested, I could make a quick mock-up on Paint and post it.
For those people like me who read the stuff at the bottom first: would it be possible to join the two together through a combination of rare-earth magnets and small carbon spars?
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Permalink Reply by Chris Anderson on
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You mean EasyStar, not NextStar, yes? I suppose you could find some way to use magnets to keep the body halves together, but it would be pretty risky and fiddly. What's the point? The advantage of the EasyStar is how easy it is to get to the internal space (and how much of it there is, given the relatively small size of the plane)
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Permalink Reply by Adam Kaplan on -
Thanks Chris. Yes, I did mean the EasyStar (too many SomethingStars!), but it's been more than 15 minutes so I can't go back and hide my mistake. Anyhow, your response is exactly why I asked the question in the first place - without having one in my hands, it's difficult to really appreciate how accessible the internal space. I knew that modifying the fuselage would be time-consuming at best, so I'm more than happy to not attempt it as per your recommendation.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas J Coyle III on -
Adam,
The EZ* has speed brakes?
Regards,
TCIII
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Permalink Reply by Adam Kaplan on
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The EzOSD? No, it consists of an OSD and a current-sensor plugged inbetween your battery and ESC. The NexStar comes standard with the speed breaks and wing extensions found here. They help with slowing the plane down for landing and avoiding stalls, but takesoffs with anything less then full battery can get exciting.
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