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Title: X8 wing - Lots of redundancy :)
Post by: Miles on June 01, 2014, 12:29:40 PM
So I've been building an X8 wing for a little while now, tried to make everything redundant where possible, as I want to send this up with a Fuel Cell at some point.

Initially, it will be fitted with:
2 9KG Etronix ET092 metal gear servos
80A Turnigy AE ESC
8A Redundant BEC
Eagle tree OSD Pro, Elogger V4, GPS
OpenLRS RX
2 3300MAH 4s Lipo
3000MAH 2s Lipo (BEC)
GoPro and KX171
660KV Turnigy SK3 5045 motor (Overkill, but nice motor :) )
14X8 folding prop
Alloy horns etc used wherever possible
2.4ghz VTX

Planning to install:
ETS Airspeed, altimeter and guardian IMU
Ardupilot
Second RX

Have built a massive slingshot to launch it, but also want to be able to bungee, so am fitting a hook below.

Finished:
(http://s2.postimg.org/hfysx31ol/WP_000645.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/hfysx31ol/)

Hook:
(http://s9.postimg.org/8qz6jf9pn/WP_000646.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/8qz6jf9pn/)
Title: Re: X8 wing
Post by: Miles on June 01, 2014, 12:31:39 PM
Also maidened it, flew great until brown out and hit the deck

(http://s15.postimg.org/68emv34mv/WP_000647.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/68emv34mv/)

(http://s12.postimg.org/ae6l7bq7t/WP_000648.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ae6l7bq7t/)

(http://s10.postimg.org/42eyujiv9/WP_000649.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/42eyujiv9/)

(http://s12.postimg.org/dretu1jsp/WP_000654.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/dretu1jsp/)
Title: Re: X8 wing
Post by: Coyote on June 01, 2014, 12:47:07 PM
Well it did look nice :) But it will again after a bit of TLC
Title: Re: X8 wing
Post by: Miles on June 01, 2014, 07:41:39 PM
It will. winglet back on, and removed the front section. Going to vac form it for an internal GoPro :)

(http://s29.postimg.org/8f8hg1r0j/WP_000660.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/8f8hg1r0j/)

(http://s9.postimg.org/w5o9987e3/WP_000662.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/w5o9987e3/)

Also pulled the data from the Elogger, so cruise at around 9 A :)



(http://s17.postimg.org/l4bxfh7yj/Data.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/l4bxfh7yj/)
Title: Re: X8 wing - Lots of redundancy :)
Post by: FPVSteve on June 01, 2014, 10:51:18 PM
LLOL @ that diagram :)

TREE!! :laugh:
Title: Re: X8 wing - Lots of redundancy :)
Post by: Worthawiggles on June 01, 2014, 10:55:24 PM
I feel your pain, having just been there myself...
Title: Re: X8 wing - Lots of redundancy :)
Post by: Coyote on June 01, 2014, 10:56:35 PM
That`s a funny graphical representation of events :)
Title: Re: X8 wing - Lots of redundancy :)
Post by: Paul881 on June 02, 2014, 10:15:58 AM
As a beginner in all this, I have to say this is an impressive array of gear! I think this will have to remain aspirational for me for quite a long time:

2 9KG Etronix ET092 metal gear servos
80A Turnigy AE ESC
8A Redundant BEC
Eagle tree OSD Pro, Elogger V4, GPS
OpenLRS RX
2 3300MAH 4s Lipo
3000MAH 2s Lipo (BEC)
GoPro and KX171
660KV Turnigy SK3 5045 motor (Overkill, but nice motor )
14X8 folding prop
Alloy horns etc used wherever possible
2.4ghz VTX

Planning to install:
ETS Airspeed, altimeter and guardian IMU
Ardupilot
Second RX
Title: Re: X8 wing - Lots of redundancy :)
Post by: Miles on June 02, 2014, 10:38:02 AM
Yup steve, that glides a lot better than my old Ez* :P Made me feel a lot better drawing it hehe.

And cheers paul, several years of accumulation and nicking bits from various aircraft :P And getting it all to work will be, interesting... :) But OpenLRSNG now supports diversity, so will be taking a look at that at some point :)