AdamG's Skyhunter Build

[AdamG]

Some of you might have seen my recent thread trying to determine which air frame to use that will be a great all rounder AND handle the wind well. The winner (thanks to Blue's input) was the Skyhunter.

This won't be the quickest of builds as I am still awaiting parts, but I will just update it slowly as I make progress.

Anyway, here is a list of parts:

-RMRC 1800 Skyhunter
-SunnySky 920kv motor
-12x6E APC
-HobbyKing Plush 60a ESC
-MyFlyDream Autopilot with airspeed sensor
-RMRC 400mw 1.2/3 Vtx
-Bluebeam Mad Mushroom tx antenna
-Dragonlink Micro RX
-I have 5 x 5000mah 4S batteries, will start by running 2 in parallel
-Sureveilzone 600tvl Sony FPV cam
-360 degree pan servo holding Gopro 3+ Black and FPV cam.
-Quanum and Turnigy UBEC's

Will be using the same tripod GS as I use for the SW:
-MFD AAT
-VAS Crosshair 1.2
etc

My plan is to mount the Vtx out on one wing, and the rx out on the other wing. ESC will be mounted on the outside of the fuse for cold air flow, and the GPS will sit in the little space on top of the fuse just in front of the wings. The rest of the gear such as UBECs, AP, Current sensor ets will all sit on the ply shelf, leaving the entire base of the plane free for LiPo  :D

I think I am going to laminate the wings and tail, It makes eveything feel more solid and more damage resistant (mostly for when im moving it around the house being clumsy  :P I think I will also add some carbon fibre spars to stabilise the tail.

There will be a little bit of spray paining on the wings before laminating them, and I may use a small amount of carbon fibre wrap on it somewhere.

First impressions are that its bigger than it looks in pics! there is so much space inside it makes the Skywalker feel small  :o pic below shows width difference, the pod sat next to it is off my SW 1900:



The 12" prop looks like a monster, especially when i offer it up to my Falcon EVO:



To get a new UHF receiver i'm counting on winning one of the DL contests, if you haven't already viewed my entry for this week, please take a quick look here  ;D Many thanks:

http://www.fpvhub.com/index.php/topic,48538.0.html

[FPVSteve]

Wow that is huge, I didn't realise either - I thought they'd be roughly the same size.

Cool, will watch this with interest.

[English Turbines]

Wow, thats a Batcave Fuz.....Will be interested to see this one fly....:)

:vulture:

[AdamG]

Wow that is huge, I didn't realise either - I thought they'd be roughly the same size.

Cool, will watch this with interest.

Me too! There is a ton of space, I think I could fit 40,000mah in this thing! (but won't haha). Mt SW holds 10,000 and I would struggle with much more.

[BlueFlyer]

YES! I love a good skyhunter build. The great thing about this aircraft is it's sheer simplicity. ailerons and elevator, big belly for lipos, big wings for lift, big prop to push it along.

It amazes me to see how overly complicated some people make their builds. By the sounds of it, Adam's got this one nailed!

[FPVSteve]

If I end up getting one it'll be exactly the same config as that guy who fitted landing gear to it from a FinWing Air Titan, I love the look of it with wheels.

[AdamG]

By the sounds of it, Adam's got this one nailed!

Mostly because I practically copied your setup  :-[ ;D

If I end up getting one it'll be exactly the same config as that guy who fitted landing gear to it from a FinWing Air Titan, I love the look of it with wheels.

Really not a fan of the landing gear look :-X just personal preference. Also wouldn't work for me practically as i tend to land on longer grass fields rather than concrete or cut grass.

[AdamG]

So yesterday evening I finally started the build! A couple of hurdles... first off I get a knock at the door, 3 police officers to inform me my car has been broken into... great! 2nd hurdle, I had planned to spend all of Sunday building, but last minute visitors arrive to stay with us for a few days. Progress has been slower than i'd hoped.

Anyway, gear on the table ready to begin:



Then spent a few minutes working out where the huge pile of carbon rods went:



Marking out the channels for the vtx and Dragon link Rx:





Parts now fitting nice and snug. Used a Dremel style device:




Side profile:





I've also done some painting but will show you once all done. :)

[Western]

Looking good so far Adam. Did you use some kind of burr in the Dremel to make the channels?
Wish I had thought of that when building my Hornet as I wanted to make nice smooth bottoms to the recesses. I ended up with the usual 'chewed by a rat' look.
Cheers, Mark

[BlueFlyer]

YES! Build time :)

[Western]

There's a new Skyhunter shown flying over on Bruce's Xjet channel and it flies extremely smoothly.
It's in the airgate carnage video if you want to see it.
Cheers, Mark

[AdamG]

TBH Mark it didn't turn out smooth as I used the Dremel to cut a grid and then pulled it out with some tweezers I have. Not fussed about it being super smooth under each component as its rough stuff glues better and won't be seen. Its really useful for cutting the channels though, gets the job done well, easily and nice and quick.

Checked out the video of the Skyhunter on that channel. I thought you meant it was a Skyhunter 2 or something, but I'm glad it wasn't  :D Its just another standard Skyhunter, was an enjoyable watch though, flies nice and smooth.

[AdamG]

Had a bit of spare time last night so did a little painting. All done apart from the canopy which I will be painting black once I have the 360 servo hole cut out. I wanted to give it a bit of colour but keep paining to a minimal, using only the paints I have left over laying around.

360 Servo arrived today after a near 2 month wait from Goodluckbuy  \0/

[BlueFlyer]

That's a familiar paint scheme... I love it :)

[wgt40w]

That's a familiar paint scheme... I love it :)

What does the BF stand for in BFFPV ? I've come up with various suggestions - none of which I can believe are correct !!

Surely it can't be as clean as BlueFlyer !