Flyingwings Falcon EVO FPV

[foamster]

Hi Guys,

Just a quick note to say that the new Falcon EVO FPV is now available.

As usual, FPVHUB members get their laminate for free (2m). Just put a note in the order.

Flies great, good 20min flights possible on 2200mah 3s with the Eco power system, you can also get a 4000 3S Multistar battery in, as I found out at Mad Dogs the other week.

All the best (weather)

http://www.flyingwings.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=57_130&product_id=424

Rob

[CurryKitten]

Cool - looks great.

Just as an aside I notice on the page under "Kit Manual" there's a bunch of raw html instead of formatted stuff.

[iPeel]

Good stuff, the eco power setup doesn't hang around either! We were up at Olney the other night with Rob and had a bit of a dogfight with the Falcon Evo, it kept up with the pace of the Venturis really well:

http://youtu.be/soK9cwz0u2M

[iwan_canobi]

Looks good, very tempted! Could you post a picture of the inside of the center section? I take it there is space to cut out the nose in order to mount FPV and HD cams flush?

[Brucey]

Ha, that vid looks like a vulture trying to catch a pigeon! I'll have to post up my footage, got nice a close at times!

[skyscraper]

I am quite keen. :)  How does it compare to the original Falcon?

E.g
   Weight
   Wing area

etc

[iPeel]

Looks good, very tempted! Could you post a picture of the inside of the center section? I take it there is space to cut out the nose in order to mount FPV and HD cams flush?

See CK's video for a little peek at the centre section:

Sneak peak of the new Falcon EVO wing at Mad Dogs Spring 2015 meet

The front section is a block of foam which you can cut yourself to house the camera and is deep enough to take a GoPro and board cam within the foam section.

Sorry Andy, I don't have any technical details myself, I've only ever seen the thing built in the flesh this time.

[CurryKitten]

The front section curves over, I did ask Rob if he intended to give an option to put a Mobius or whatever camera in, but he was of the opinion that it would be easier and more flexible for people to cut their own.

From what I saw, it would be pretty easy to cut a few chunks of foam away and get an HD and FPV camera in there nice and flush and still keep a pretty good aerodynamic line

[Billy_boy_2010]

Looks really nice. 1m wingspan makes it a competitor to the tbs Cap, skyfun, tek sumo and Wipeout.

Would be really interesting to see a comparison between the efficiency and speed package.

After some of the best flights ever yesterday in my highly battered cap, I am tempted by this. However, a big attraction of the cap is its ease of layout of components. Pity I already have a replacement lined up when my cap finally dies.

[foamster]

Cool, thanks for adding the vids,

Iwan, The manual is now fixed, here is a simple drawing showing the internal compartment size. We are running with a 2200mah 3s and an Eagletree Vector, with room to spare.




Hope that helps, Please ask as many Q's as you like + suggestions

Ta Rob

[foamster]

Skyscraper,

The wing area is almost the same, the central pod creates lift too. The all up weight with vector & FPV but without GoPro was 760g, its light !!

Rob

[skyscraper]

Look away now rob... As usual I cant resist mucking about with it... sorry !  :laugh:

Hope I'll be able to sculpt away the foam in the centre section toa smooth shape and  maybe build it up a bit for my camera. Ive never used a gopro so not bothered about that  ...


The rationale with the winglets is to increase the moment to reduce waggle a bit and have a good effect on drag as outlined in:
http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/winglets.htm
Will try to figure out some sort of winglet connector on the 3D printer...

Already have some laminate so willl do an allover lam job on it..

Anyway I'm pretty sold on it.. Need a new plane though I cant seem to bust my old Falcon  :)

regards
Andy

[Brucey]

Mr tinkerer is back!

[Brucey]

Here's my chase vid (its just uploading now)
http://youtu.be/_1T4fdIlyp8

[BlueFlyer]

want one... will buy one when I've sold some other FPV related bits :)