Comment by Bryan Cuervo on October 17, 2009 at 4:21am

Jaron,
Just wanted to let you know you were the original inspiration for my tailless design. I've also learned a lot using your UAVplayground
Thanks!!

Comment by jaron on October 17, 2009 at 4:37am

You're welcome Bryan.

It'll be interesting to see the difference in flight characteristics between your flying wing and the KFm airfoiled UAV Flying Wing.

Comment by Gary Mortimer on October 17, 2009 at 12:32pm

I have also really enjoyed UAVplayground and should really have made one of your wings, I bought all the materials but just have not had the time!!

Comment by Curt Filipowski on October 19, 2009 at 8:57am

Jaron,
Nice to see progress on the UAV wing! I have been flying your design for quite a while now (flies wonderful) and just recently needed to switch platforms for my UAV (to a larger wing) as I needed to lift quite a bit more equipment into the air, and making a mount for a front shooting camera (for my camera anyways) on your wing would have ruined the sleek lines.

Comment by jaron on October 20, 2009 at 12:41am

Gary, winter has hit me here in Switzerland, so if South Africa is where you are flying during the winter time, I'll build it for you there.

Curt, I'm currently "thinking" of a predecessor and have done some calculations and rough drawings. It'll have more wing span but I haven't decided how much yet.

Comment by Michael Evans on December 7, 2009 at 3:18am

Bryan, love the design. Are the wings foam?

Jaron, 48'' and 60'' are the most common sizes for wings. i would prefer 60'', Foam/balsa hybrid, and a fuselage with removable hot-wire foam cut wings. Build time would be incredibly fast. Build the fuselage, glue carbon spar, and install gear,fly. The foam core's could be ordered for those that do not know how to for less than $20-30 shipped.


Heres more on Bryan's wing.
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/flight-tests-with-the-uav

Comment by Andy Geppert on December 12, 2009 at 9:54pm

@Michael - what sources do you suggest for ordering foam cores?

Comment by Gary Mortimer on December 12, 2009 at 10:17pm

@Michael if your willing to design and cut wings for $30 shipped I'll have one!

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