Flyingwings Falcon EVO FPV

[hoverer]

Brilliant footage

[iPeel]

Here's my chase vid (its just uploading now)

Unfair! I need a Chris.

[rob.thomson]

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

No picture?

[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

No picture?

Hi Rob,

Not sure what you mean?

Its just a sketch of how I was thinking to mod the Falcon EVO. It may not be possible to do it since I may not be able to get battery in though. Might do the tips but would add weight.. but then maybe I could make a longer stub fuselage to get battery in.  That worked pretty well on my Old wing Tensor V2.

OTOH maybe I should just leave it alone  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

regards
Andy

[skyscraper]

Mr tinkerer is back!

LOL  :)

regards
Andy

[foamster]

Its true that the more rearward you can place the wing tip back, the less waggling, not that the EVO is bad in this case, worth a fiddle with a new winglet design.

It would be nice to have a moulded design but the tooling cost is crazy, and then you cannot improve the design over time, which happens

Thanks Brucey for the video, I was flying LOS is failing light, trying to be smooth and predictable so that you could follow, and you did. I was flying only at just over half throttle too, with my finger close to the RTH switch as I could hardly see it.

Cheers Rob

[skyscraper]

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It would be nice to have a moulded design but the tooling cost is crazy, and then you cannot improve the design over time, which happens

A streamlined central stub fuselage/pod would be a good candidate for 3D printing. With a program like OpenSCAD you could even design it with a bespoke  battery/camera size/pos etc.  Might be a nice user customisation/upgrade

Think I'm going to have to buy one now and try this out!

EDIT : Ordered!

regards
Andy

[BanniUK]

Rob!!  I ordered last night!! Luke Bannister!!  Cant waot to get thjs beast in the air!!  Gunna run cyclops storm and 2212 1640kv on 3s 4000!! Cant wait!!  1.3 and uhf as well!!

[BlueFlyer]

I'll be ordering once my DJI Phantom ebay auction ends and the money is in my paypal account.

since I use the GoPro on my skyhunter, and the bix3 had been decommissioned, I have no use for my Mobius so that'll end up on this baby, should be lighter than the GoPro and I still love the mobius footage quality.

I still have the powertrain from this beast... it's the 1400kv motor with 7x5 prop so much like your "ECO" power set.... although it still really really shifts :)

Go-dver FPV

Go-dver crash

I'll just have a plain old Breeze OSD on it, no fancy RTH or stability for this one... I find it gets in the way of the fine adjustments I make when trimming my wing using the TX.

looking forward to getting my hands on it, will be my first "lammed" wing.

[Brucey]

Rob!!  I ordered last night!! Luke Bannister!!  Cant waot to get thjs beast in the air!!  Gunna run cyclops storm and 2212 1640kv on 3s 4000!! Cant wait!!  1.3 and uhf as well!!

Nice one luke

I'll be ordering once my DJI Phantom ebay auction ends and the money is in my paypal account.

since I use the GoPro on my skyhunter, and the bix3 had been decommissioned, I have no use for my Mobius so that'll end up on this baby, should be lighter than the GoPro and I still love the mobius footage quality.

I still have the powertrain from this beast... it's the 1400kv motor with 7x5 prop so much like your "ECO" power set.... although it still really really shifts :)

Go-dver FPV

Go-dver crash

I'll just have a plain old Breeze OSD on it, no fancy RTH or stability for this one... I find it gets in the way of the fine adjustments I make when trimming my wing using the TX.

looking forward to getting my hands on it, will be my first "lammed" wing.

It's amazing how laminate adds so much strength!

[skyscraper]

Falcon EVO arrived in the post today.

Looks nicely done. Certainly a step up from the original Falcon. Wings are slightly more swept and slightly less area. The elevons are Obechi (or some light wood) rather than foam used on the original. I would love to do a streamlined 3D printed centre section for looks I guess, but will probably just build it to the instructions just for lack of time. There looks to be a reasonable amount of room in the centre section too and a generous bit of foam in the pod to cut away if necessary. A Turnigy 2200 mAH 3S Lipo fits straight in.

Hope to make a prettier job of this one than the last too, though that is still going strong!

regards
Andy

[Brucey]

Less typing and more building;D;D;D

[BlueFlyer]

Well, that's mine ordered guys... I asked for the free lam pack in the notes box during checkout.

Can't wait to get it built and flying for the summer.

[skyscraper]

Less typing and more building;D;D;D

:laugh: Slight problem in that I need to smash up my old indestructible Falcon to get the bits off  :dazed:

hmm wonder what would happen if I put the Speedster motor and 6S bat on Old Falcon?.. whatdyaReckon... ? :overexcited:


:laugh:

regards
Andy

[Billy_boy_2010]

hmm wonder what would happen if I put the Speedster motor and 6S bat on Old Falcon?.. whatdyaReckon... ? :overexcited:

Damn good idea!!!!