An Accident Waiting to Happen
As I was cleaning up my work bench, I lost focus and started building this little prototype. The idea was to build a simple vertical take-off aircraft that had the ability to move on the ground. All of the components are basic RC plane electronics and the airframe is made from Depron foam. This has to be one of the most unsafe things I have built in a while, as it is horrifically unbalanced and the propeller is just begging to tear you to pieces. I can safely say, this did not fly very well. Videos
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During the testing phases of the FI-AUAV project, I spent tons of time building and destroying RC planes. To save myself tons of time and money, all of these planes were built from foam and cut out with my FI-FoamBurner. Since 90% of the crashes (some even from extremely high altitudes) only resulted in airframe damage and no electronic damage, I could literally have a new plane ready to fly the next day (at around $12 all in for the foam, tape and glue). Normally I would use Depron foam for the constrcution of the main body, wings and tail. Depron is a closed cell polystyrene product,...
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