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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..

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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

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Tags: uav, big, wing, x8
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  • Ted Middleton April 15, 2020 at 2:58am

    Good evening All. Don’t know if I am in the right thread or not but I know someone will point me in the right direction. I have just purchased a new Skywalker 8 (black) and am chasing some spec on the electronics. I have several associated in the cotton growing industry and they have approached me with a proposal to undertake multi spectrum soil and crop analysis photography. I require the specs for- 

    Motor and prop, folding , low and slow flight speeds.

    auto pilot with a very accurate waypoint logging and responce

    good radio control unit with reliable and speedy responce

    good ‘long life’ batteries.

    reliable and accurate gos unit. 
    now I don’t have a fortune to throw at this project as the main cost lies in the multi spectrum camera. If anyone has any ideas as to what their experiences are in this field all suggestions gratefully received, but I can get one for around 2 grand to start me off and I can upgrade from there, but it is the low and slow operating features that best suit my current requirements.

    thanks guys looking forward to your suggestions

    Ted

  • Patrick Duffy September 24, 2015 at 10:31am

    Anybody know where to get spares for this plane? Lost the cover in a flight but HobbyKing does not have replacement parts. What a pain in the .....

  • Artem July 9, 2013 at 2:36pm

    hey can someone with x8 measure cord length at the root and at the tip of the wing as well as the total length of the fuselage please w/o motor and a max wing chamber thickness?  I am trying to build a similar to x8 scratchbuild optimized for my gear and would like to compare my wing design to the x8.  would greatly appreciate this info! 

  • Simon Howroyd May 8, 2013 at 12:22am

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=buy+skywalker+x8

  • Christiaan van Vollenstee February 18, 2013 at 10:59am

    I opened a discussion see it.

     

    http://www.diydrones.com/group/x8/forum/topics/user-x8-setup

  • Simon Howroyd February 15, 2013 at 2:33am

    Have a look on my page for pics and details of my project.

     

  • Christiaan van Vollenstee February 15, 2013 at 2:07am

    So you can easily do 1 hour of flight time.

     

    Post some pics of your rig and the electronics setup.

  • Simon Howroyd February 15, 2013 at 2:01am

    Params are rubbish at the moment for anything but stabilise mode. I will be tuning it when I get it up to weight (going to be hopefully flying it at the 6kg mark).

    Currently 3 launches and circuits for half an hour leaves me on 87% battery.

  • Christiaan van Vollenstee February 15, 2013 at 1:59am

    How long flight time do you get out of it?

    And do your x8 param file, is it perfect?

  • Simon Howroyd February 15, 2013 at 1:57am

    If it's of any help I'm currently running a 7s 4Ah Hyperion G3 25c LiPo, Hyperion Titan 85A ESC, Hyperion ZS4020-12 motor.

    Massive overkill but very silent, huge endurance flights.

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