"Hey, I'm kind of out of the scene at the moment. I've got a pile of parts, but not enough time to put them together. ;(
I am focused on some other projects at the moment, and I suspect that when they are finished up I'll be able to…"
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Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kay Sep 27, 2009. 22 Replies 0 Likes
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Kay replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"damn too bad i just moved out of SD, sounds really fun"
ModeratorGary Mortimer replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?
"You should look some more at the Zephyr
http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2008/3rd_quarter/qinetiq_s_zephyr_uav.html
After all its what you'd be in competition with there are some of the team here and on RCgroups,…"
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"I didn't have a chance to do the range test last weekend, but today I got some new toys in the mail.
First up, is the plane that I hope to do most of the development with:
http://www.bananahobby.com/1574.html
It is a 2.6 meter wingspan…"
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Thanks for the link. :)
I'm going to focus on the slow speed / high altitude stuff now, but I'll keep that in mind once I start targeting faster speeds. I'm hoping that slow and steady and stable is going to mean less horrible…"
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Nope, that's not me. Sorry. :)
I bet using actual helicopter blades on the plane would be a bad idea though. The inertia from accelerating those blades is going to twist the plane all to hell. You'd almost certainly have to do two…"
UAV Pilot replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"sorry here is the link it will have to cut and paste could not get hyperlink correct. edgerc.com"
John Gantner replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"I think they use a separate channel for the prop pitch. They call it "4D Flying" - it combines helicopter-like hovering and fixed-wing speed. The videos are pretty unreal - they can fly an inverted vertical climb! Take that, hummingbirds.…"
UAV Pilot replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"
Bill,
here is a sight it has the BOP it is discontinued but the miniBOP is still available for $65 and might be a design that you can upscale and maybe get the characteristics that you are looking for."
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Yeah, specific GPS models:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/GPSrcvrsvs60kft.htm
Gotta love high altitude ballooning websites. ;) Those guys go past 60,000 feet almost every single launch. Unfortunately the list is rather small because of the…"
Rory Paul replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Toby
You are braver than me....I would not put my contact details on this site...Mr Egan has probably shopped you to the FAA for running a commercial operation without his permission.
Good luck...
C"
John Gantner replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"I'm not an aerospace engineer, but didn't the SR-71 intakes increase compression because they reflected the supersonic shockwave?
I used to use a consumer GPS handheld on some of my projects and the user manual said if either of the two…"
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Sorry, it cut out some tags... silly me.
Should be: awesome $period$ programmer $at$ gmail $dot$ com
and: meridian $underscore$ 59 $at$ hotmail $dot$ com"
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?""It's true that there is less air resistance up there, but there is also less thrust available for the prop. " - I'm going to take a page from SR-71 Blackbird's book on this one. :) It's engines have an adjustable…"
John Gantner replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Good point on HELIOS - I didn't know it went so high (but of course, $$$). I remember that one disintegrating in midair too though...
It's true that there is less air resistance up there, but there is also less thrust available for the…"
Bill replied to Bill's discussion Anyone want to combine forces in San Diego?"Oh, my job is very fun.... on some days. ;)
Since you are using all electric setups, do you have any idea of your typical wattage? I don't think adding solar cells to a heli would work, but adding them to one of your planes would. It's…"
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- At 11:48am on June 7, 2009,
Moss said… - Hi! My name is Moses. good to hear there someone in San Diego working on interesting project like yours. I live in San diego and am interested colaborating and helping you out in any way I can. I ve had a drone which has crushed but I'm working on building another one soon. I would love to hear more about your project.
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