Who else hates the Bitchler 2 and what is $ Tree Foam?

fpsazerbaijan · May 10, 2013, 11:25:42 PM

Bloomin brilliant Will! Well done! Karma from me too ;D

Good luck with the build Richard, make sure to post pictures, I've got a box of foamboard sitting here that I should be using up (might have to get some of that depron though!).

-Al :)

Flyboysee · May 11, 2013, 12:58:28 AM

Will do Al! I've done my research - definitely going to be the Peace Drone V2. can't wait! :)

fpsazerbaijan · May 12, 2013, 10:38:44 PM

I got a bit bored today so I decided to make use of that pile of foamboard I have in the garage. I wanted something that didn't involve removing the paper from the foamboard, because that's a faff and a half! Came across 'RockyMountainRC' on youtube and he designed a plane he calls the Easy Drone, so I knocked one together! Still need to get some square dowel rods to act as booms to connect the elevator to the fuselage. Electronics are all on order from HobbyKing NL, so hopefully they'll be here sometime this week.

So far:

How's the PeaceDrone coming along bud?

-Al :)

FPVSteve · May 12, 2013, 11:00:11 PM

Now that looks cool.

Flyboysee · May 12, 2013, 11:07:37 PM

Quote from: fpsazerbaijan on May 12, 2013, 10:38:44 PM
I got a bit bored today so I decided to make use of that pile of foamboard I have in the garage. I wanted something that didn't involve removing the paper from the foamboard, because that's a faff and a half! Came across 'RockyMountainRC' on youtube and he designed a plane he calls the Easy Drone, so I knocked one together! Still need to get some square dowel rods to act as booms to connect the elevator to the fuselage. Electronics are all on order from HobbyKing NL, so hopefully they'll be here sometime this week.

So far:

How's the PeaceDrone coming along bud?

-Al :)

Very nice Al! That looks fantastic! My foamboard arrives tomorrow, super stoked!

Pity I can't do anything for a week co's I got business in Belgium. Please update with flight / FPV video when done!

Cheers!

fpsazerbaijan · May 12, 2013, 11:32:50 PM

If it flies well you'll soon see a Bixler 2 in the classifieds :laugh:

Happy flying/building/business tripping!
-Al

fpsazerbaijan · May 14, 2013, 06:13:01 PM

Went to B&Q last night and got wood for the booms, so got her all finished up this morning, just waiting on electronics now! I wonder how long stuff from the NL warehouse takes?

Not bad for a total of about £10 of materials!

-Al ;D

Flyboysee · May 14, 2013, 07:50:48 PM

Al, that looks awesome! Are the attachment points strong?

That would also make a fab Twin. My foam arrived as I said, I have many many motors and esc's - might try and make a re-usable pod with fpv to fit my scratchbuilds as and when they come online.

Pls upload video here when done!... Then FPV thread :)

Why you ordering from NL, not in the UK?

FPVSteve · May 14, 2013, 08:10:45 PM

reusable pod? see FliteTest scratch builds - they have a great series you could take tips from.

Also I highly recommend watching some of Dave Powers' earlier vids, he did some great experimentation with different airfoils.

fpsazerbaijan · May 14, 2013, 08:42:09 PM

Quote from: Flyboysee on May 14, 2013, 07:50:48 PM
Al, that looks awesome! Are the attachment points strong?

That would also make a fab Twin. My foam arrived as I said, I have many many motors and esc's - might try and make a re-usable pod with fpv to fit my scratchbuilds as and when they come online.

Pls upload video here when done!... Then FPV thread :)

Why you ordering from NL, not in the UK?

Cheers mate! Motor is going to go on the back of the fuselage in between the two booms methinks, not really sure what motor I should have gone for, in the end I plonked for a 1400kv Turinigy 2826-10 since it was nice n' cheap, but may need a gruntier one to give it some more punch :) Will see how it goes...

Reason I ordered from NL is that the UK warehouse didn't have the motor or esc in-stock, and the NL postage (believe it or not!) was cheaper! Only $2.79 rather than $6 for ParcelForce ;)

I was going to use GiantShark but I'm a student so I generally take the cheapest option :) Gotta save some money for beer!

Here's some piccys of how I attached the booms to the fuse, I used hot glue a first, mainly to hold them in place for the next step. Zip ties! I glued some small ply wood plates on the top of the wing and elevator (to stop the zip tie munching through the foamboard), and zip tied through the foam, around the boom, and then secured on-top of the the little plates. Nice and simple and I'm sure it'll hold, but I'll wack a bit more hot glue on there just for the sake of it ;D

Wing is going to be held onto the fuselage by rubber bands hooked around dowel rods (much like the Skywalker), but I need to find some strong rubber bands that aren't going to snap mid-fpv ;)

Main wing holding:

Bottom of wing:

Top of wing:

Elevator holding:

Fuselage rubber band dowel hooks:

Will be sure to get some more pics/videos up when the rest of the gear arrives!

Good luck with the Peace Drone,
-Al :D

fpsazerbaijan · May 14, 2013, 09:03:33 PM

All credit for the design has to go to this guy on Youtube ;)

http://youtu.be/EiY4gfKeAqM?t=4m25s

Skip to 4:25 to see some awesome flying.

Seems to fly v nicely indeed!

-Al

fpsazerbaijan · May 17, 2013, 08:13:49 PM

All the gear arrived yesterday and I got it all plugged in today, so maiden tomorrow, weather depending!

Problem is that it is very tail heavy because of the wooden booms, even with a 4000mah lipo all the way forward it is still way too tail heavy! Might need to duct tape a brick to the nose to get it to balance :laugh:

-Al