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Post by ratcheeroo on May 25, 2022 0:15:58 GMT
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Post by Burkeomatic on May 25, 2022 4:10:11 GMT
That thing's gonna be a rocket ship.
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Post by ratcheeroo on May 26, 2022 2:08:05 GMT
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Post by Monte.C on May 26, 2022 12:36:35 GMT
Just about complete, hatch to go, some decals and a clear coat and she's ready to go. And I have to do something with the notches in the leading edges of the wings, good spot for some lights maybe. Absolutely genius graphics! Isn't it liberating not to have to adhere to a scale paint scheme? And that grillwork on the top really helps to complete the picture.
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Post by ratcheeroo on May 26, 2022 13:35:08 GMT
Just about complete, hatch to go, some decals and a clear coat and she's ready to go. And I have to do something with the notches in the leading edges of the wings, good spot for some lights maybe. Absolutely genius graphics! Isn't it liberating not to have to adhere to a scale paint scheme? And that grillwork on the top really helps to complete the picture. Thanks my friend, having a bit of creative freedom is never a bad thing . Yea the grill work I kinda messed up one side , not mirror images of each other but I can live with it LOL. Then I am thinking maybe I should have given this a flight before I stuck the camera at the very front LMAO! oh well we'll see how it goes
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Post by Burkeomatic on May 26, 2022 15:23:33 GMT
That thing looks great. That is pretty much how I was going to do it if I ever got around to it. Pretty sure the plans are still in my inbox on the FT forums. (I noticed I have gotten 3 PMs since I have been banned but can't check them).
I did figure out what was wrong with my baby night fury. Somehow my motor got tweaked when it was drying, and it has a thrust angle inducing yaw. Just gotta fix that.
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Post by ratcheeroo on May 26, 2022 23:46:19 GMT
Decided to install some lights, they and the camera are connected to an on/switch which is plugged into the receiver. Just a hatch latch and a couple more pieces of vinyl and this is good to go.
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Post by hondo76239 on May 27, 2022 13:15:21 GMT
Im gonna have to get to building soon, been so damn busy lately.
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Post by Burkeomatic on May 27, 2022 16:40:11 GMT
Im gonna have to get to building soon, been so damn busy lately. The deadline is technically 15 july to have you assignments handed in,
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Post by hondo76239 on May 28, 2022 13:02:06 GMT
I work best under pressure! Lol
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Post by ratcheeroo on May 29, 2022 12:07:19 GMT
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jun 2, 2022 4:01:00 GMT
Well, I guess I'm onboard. I'll probably edit this post multiple times to add content, so i don't have multiple posts taking up space. Going to unarchive one of my classic designs for this one, I suppose. Despite the lackluster name, The nano striker has made waves everywhere I've taken it. Weighing in at 11.4g rtf, there's not really much to it. xD It's one of a series of five wings built between 2014-2015. the largest having a 5 foot span, and over an hour of cruise time. Anyfoot. Photos, for now. Other media will pop up as the weather clears again. I haven't had it in the air this year. It will be good to get it out in the open again. EDIT: Righto. for the sake of confirmation, Realtime weigh-in, with scale calibration cycle included. streamable.com/isuo7fEDIT2: First post-un-archival flight of the year. Just under 5 minutes. I will post another after i can buy a few more new cells. It's so old that it's running at under half capacity. Fun fact, there's zero stabilization onboard. Primarily because I'm against that sort of thing. Also, it didn't exist in 2014. It's also unnecessary due to the inherent stability of the design, even in moderately high winds. streamable.com/3bbhb5What is the motor set up you are using on that? I want one.
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Post by foamieninja on Jun 3, 2022 3:10:49 GMT
I think it's one of the spare 6mm deals from my first gen Crazyflie. Same with the propeller. That motor is... at least 8 years old. I would probably have a pretty decent efficiency boost if I were to swap it out with a new one. The only problem is, that i glued it into the balsa substructure inside. I didn't future-proof it too well. On that note, I have the thing in a miniature display case. Both the Crazyflie, and the radio module are still functional.
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Post by Burkeomatic on Jun 3, 2022 4:35:30 GMT
I think it's one of the spare 6mm deals from my first gen Crazyflie. Same with the propeller. That motor is... at least 8 years old. I would probably have a pretty decent efficiency boost if I were to swap it out with a new one. The only problem is, that i glued it into the balsa substructure inside. I didn't future-proof it too well. On that note, I have the thing in a miniature display case. Both the Crazyflie, and the radio module are still functional. I have an old toy grade drone with little brushed motors, wonder if I could adapt them. Did you just dig up some brushed ESC to run it?
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Post by foamieninja on Jun 3, 2022 23:15:31 GMT
Not really. At the time it was built, there was an odd abundance of micro stuff, for some reason. There were three and four channel receivers floating around with mosfet drives for the motor and such. One notable example was HobbyKing's old Supermicro stuff. This is a remnant of it.. ironically. The module died a painless death, at random... Thus making the receiver useless, due to the proprietary protocol it uses. I'm keeping the module, and stuff of course. It's nice to have an archive of things that would slowly be forgotten by the community over time without said collections. My micro Shuriken is the same way. albeit a couple inches larger, and a few grams heavier. It's also brushless. Powered by an AP03, and equipped with one of the few remaining U-80 propellers. This is also about 7 years old, if not older. Spans 12" - half the size of the original. Also have one I've been "building" for about a year that's double the size of the original. a lovely 4ft. You'll find that I frequently half-finish things... And return to finish them an 'indeterminately' long time after For reference: EDIT: Figured it would make more sense to have an image of the other two attached, for reference. xD
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