Objective: Build a Groundstation, In Photos!
These photos where provided by UAVBritton. They capture the different stages in building a custom made groundstation! Click on them to enlarge....
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Mission: To Reuse a Crashed Bixler
Today I was looking through all the stuff I seemed to of being hoarding when I came across my first RC plane. It was a second hand Bixler purchased from a friend, and although one servo had become faulty which I had replaced, it flew pretty well. Unfortunately this plane had a short life with me at the controls and ended up being plunged into the ground with some stupid aerobatics. Being a resourceful person I decided to try and rebuild and reuse parts of the plane to create something which could carry a large amount of weight, i.e. FPV/camera kit as this is what I was getting into! So, using some bathroom tile trim it was turned into something, what I called the Franken Bixler... it looked like some sort of Frankenstein monster thing, photo below.
During the first flight it glided well, I had increased the wing span slightly,changed the tail to be in a "T" configuration and added winglets. The plane seem to be able to fly at a slow speed without stalling and with the "T" tail it moved a little smoother, although when turning sharply the plane became very unstable (I think this was down to the body of the plane not been ridgid enough). Eventually I got board with it and went onto another project. Stumbling across it again gave me an idea, with the weather changing and a large water storage lake near by, I thought it would be fun to reuse the parts and this time make a working model speed boat, hence the high speed Bix boat was born!
This looks like it could be a fun project!
The progress so far! please check back again in a few weeks!
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Mission: To Reuse a Crashed Bixler Part #2
Right! I have finally moved forward with the Bix boat! It's now fitted with the Bixler motor, power drive and prop!
To give the boat steering I have added two rudders on the back with some small hinges. A servo taken from the Bixler wing has been glued behind the rudders and connected with some string. This was to create a pully system that moves the rudders left and right. Temporarily I have mounted an Orangerx receiver and speed controller at the back of the boat, to power them is an old slightly bloated Turnigy 2200mAh battery.
Below are some photos of the first few tests in my pond! The stability of the boat is not too good and I should of probably used a flat bottom hull, but for now I have worked round this problem!
Keep a lookout for the first test in the lake .......... will it come back?
It floats!! photo taken with the SJ4000 HD camera.
The rudders don't seem to be that effective, I will try and add some larger ones..
Look out for the lake test!!
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