Go Discover, fuselage-less

[BlueFlyer]

With all the FPV equipment now transferred over to my Bix3, I was looking at my Go Discover and thinking how unnecessary the big dome was, now that I'm only using it for LOS and have ZERO intention of ever FPVing it again.

The power setup inside is fairly substantial, would definitely suit a skywalker or other large wing... so I decided to take it out. But, I wasn't going to just rip open the foam in the workshop.. no no no...

I took the Go Discover flying one last time, with the actual intention of crashing it full speed into the deck.... you know, just for some fun :)

lo and behold, the crash destroyed the centre section of the fuselage, but both wings were completely unscathed.

This gave me an idea...





will line bottom of that bay with ply and glue in place a velcro LiPo strap. The wingspan is now only 1280mm and without FPV gear or large LiPos to carry, I'll be using a less powerful power setup too. I've got a 2826 1400kv motor and 30A ESC on the way, all will be powered using a 2200mah 3S, of which I have plenty lol.

I was wondering whether to put the fins out on the wingtips, or have bunny style fins... went for bunny style.

It's all just experimental fun of course, nothing serious. and not for FPV, although I might put a strip of velcro on there to put the mobius on a few flights.

[Coyote]

Looks like it will do the job Chris :)

[iwan_canobi]

Looks good, I've been having a blast with my hacked up Falcon, hopefully you'll have the same luck with this!

[BlueFlyer]

cheers, I've got one of these motor mounts on the way from Hobbyking:



should do the trick

(I actually have 3 of those motor mounts on the way... the other 2 are for a twin motor setup project for my Bix3 spare wings)

[BlueFlyer]

WOW!!!

I am so happy today... this worked perfectly... and I mean, perfectly.

I didn't "calculate" where CG should be, I just chucked the gear on the wing where it just happened to fit (with regards to wire lengths etc) and just hoped for the best.

It flew really well, and once I had toned down the rates and trimmed it out, it was an absolute dream to fly. I honestly havent flown a better wing.

[Jake Bullit]

Looks better than the original.
So just buy a pair of spare wings from HK. and you've got the basis for a decent wing?

[BlueFlyer]

deffo Jake, I'm not even kidding.

I might do just that and make one for FPV

[BlueFlyer]

ah, in fact... I've got the bunny ears too, they come with the fuselage I think

[BlueFlyer]

nope, I'm wrong...

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__38662__HobbyKing_Go_Discover_FPV_1600mm_Replacement_Vertical_Wing.html

and

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__38661__HobbyKing_Go_Discover_FPV_1600mm_Replacement_Main_Wing_Set.html

you've got a recipe for a great wing.

[BlueFlyer]

Oh, and the wing spar

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__53810__HobbyKing_Go_Discover_FPV_1600mm_Replacement_Carbon_Fibre_Wing_Spar_UK_Warehouse_.html

[iwan_canobi]

Awesome, glad it worked out for you! I've had similar luck with my experiments in terms of CoG etc, its pretty satisfying when you can get the performance you wanted from old bits and bobs!

Look forward to the FPV version! :D

[Billy_boy_2010]

Looks great!

[Coyote]

Glad the maiden went so well for you :)

[BlueFlyer]

well I've been flying this a lot lately, mostly due to the fact that it's too windy to fly anything else lol

It's been flying so well, that tonight I decided to finally put a camera and VTX on it. There's no OSD so hopefully it will make for some close in, pure simple FPV flying.

[Billy_boy_2010]

It's a really good looking wing for sure!