Chasing the Raven - my fpv wing

by earthsciteach | May 3, 2013 | (4) Posted in Projects

From this

To this

This build log follows through 10 months of planning, head scratching and construction starts and stops until the final product, complete with the most amazing paint job I've ever seen on an aircraft, takes flight.  And, man does this thing fly well!

http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?2368-fpv-flying-wing-build-log

Today's video (5/3/2013) was shot from a HK wingcam attached to my highly modified HZ Super Cub.  The Cub is no slouch, but couldn't even begin to keep up with the fpv flying wing - now named by my buddy, Mike Grandi for whom I built it, as The Raven.  Grandi is quite an artist and covered this wing in an amazing paint scheme.  He blows it off as if it were nothing.  That's because this guy is INCREDIBLY talented.

Mike is flying the Raven and I am trying my best to keep the thing in frame as my HZ SC is tossed about by the wind.  The wing was rock solid.  The Cub, not so much...

 

 

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COMMENTS

gmyers2112 on May 4, 2013
suggestion: fly the wing a little slower so the cub can keep up. I'm just sayin'
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earthsciteach on May 4, 2013
I think we were dealing with 2 mindsets that were not necessarily geared toward the same goal . I was focused on capturing video from my Cub. Mike, the guy flying the wing, was more focused on seeing what the wing could do. He was flying slow, at first.
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Benn Gunn on May 4, 2013
nice looking plane.... keeping station is hard isn't it...
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earthsciteach on May 4, 2013
Very! I need an fpv setup.
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flyingwingsforever on May 4, 2013
Awesome paintjob: I love it!
I urgently recommend you to downsize the winglets! About half their height and a third of their thickness will do for sufficient directional stability. They will cause much less drag and you might gain some speed.
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earthsciteach on May 4, 2013
I left them "comically" large for aethetic purposes. I was going to reduce the size, but it looked so, um, comical with them.
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noah on May 4, 2013
They are some huge winglets!
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jetpackninja on May 7, 2013
Great job, glad to see it in the air. The paint job needs a little work.
Needs a few prop strikes and some grass stains. ;)
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lonewolf on May 11, 2013
What's with the sculls?
Are you a Devil worshiper?
I didn't watch the video because of the sculls, just thought I'd let you know
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FlyingMonkey on June 16, 2013
I saw your complaint about sculls. I was very concerned as well, but I watched it anyways. I did not see a single boat in the entire thread, nor was there any sort of water craft in the video, so feel free to watch it.
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earthsciteach on June 16, 2013
Lonewolf - I'm certainly not a devil worshiper. No need to worry about the skulls. Its just an airbrushed design. They aren't real.
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Chasing the Raven - my fpv wing