"I like the idea, and it is cheap to build. Have a few ideas for carrying different equipment as a payload depending on what I want to do and your pods will make it easy just to take one plane and 2 or 3 different "pods" to my flying…"
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Peace Drone scratchbuilt collapsible FPV platform
Started this discussion. Last reply by George Myers Mar 16. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Here's an idea for a collapsible canard planform UAV/FPV aircraft I designed. It is scratchbuilt out of Dollar Tree foamboard, packing tape, and hot glue. It weighs 1500g AUW with a GoPro and basic…Continue
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Ed O'Beirne posted a discussionPeace Drone scratchbuilt collapsible FPV platform
Here's an idea for a collapsible canard planform UAV/FPV aircraft I designed. It is scratchbuilt out of Dollar Tree foamboard, packing tape, and hot glue. It weighs 1500g AUW with a GoPro and basic FPV setup for a 10 minute flight. Tested with 500g additional payload. 60" wingspan, collapses to 32" x 8" x 8" package for transport. Pusher powerplant places all the flight electronics in the rear and a detachable nose pod houses the FPV gear. Takes about 4 hours to build from scratch. There…See More
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- About Me:
- I'm an experienced fixed-wing RC pilot and private pilot in 3-axis and weight-shift. My main thing is building simple but effective purpose-designed RC aircraft from inexpensive foamboard.
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- I have good experience with LOS RC flying and videography from my weight-shift plane and would like to blend those experiences by getting into UAV's. I am adept at building functional airframes but very inexperienced with UAV hardware. I'm starting with basic actively-operated FPV (no microcontroller) but would like to progress. I'm interested in collaborating with guys having complementary skillsets, ie: great at computers and controllers, not as experienced with aerodynamics, airframe design, piloting. For example I would be receptive to design scratchbuilt planes to meet UAV specs provided by the operator. "Needs to carry 400g for 20 minutes at 20mph and fit into a 40" car trunk", or something like that.
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- Phoenix, AZ
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