Foam-X 80" Glider(Build Flight and Plans)

|andreasbe
Foam-X 80" Glider(Build Flight and Plans)

I started off this project as a prototype build for a UAV/Drone contract that one of my aquantances acuired to do Aerial photography.

 

The requirements were to build a plane that could fly an extended distance with a payload of up to 1000 grams.

so what happened....  I built a foam glider.. 

 

 Here is the 1st 3 flights.

 

The Material used is 2 A1 sheets of 3mm foamboard, a 70cm 5x20mm hard wood beam as a wing spar, 

2 x 100mmx6mm wooden pins for the rubber band holders of the wing.

4 x 9gram servos.

Outrunner motor with 1.1Kg thrust with a 10x4.7 APC propeller

I use a 2200mAh battery and a 20Amp ESC.

 

I have now flown the plane in ideal conditions and it handles extreemly well, I can glide without thermals for 5 minutes from an altitude of about 300 meters only working the head winds.

 

With the current setup the glider can sustain altitude and fly at 10% power, I am estimating to get about 60 minutes of flight at that rate. 

 Here is my latest Video:

 

The prototype plans can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B73hvPNPBVHpaVJNcmM5Ykt1M0U&usp=sharing

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