Introduction
Meghan Dang Has built a sweet foam plane with some engineering guidance from Daniel Puratich
Goal of this test is to how well this flies and get some pilot training in in preparation for the more expensive fixed wing program being driven now.
Plane Information
Foam plane doesn’t have a flight controller, but does have a 5.8ghz video system.
3S battery
12V-5V buck
camera
video transmitter w/antenna
servo controller w/antenna
esc
4x servo motors
1x small motor w/prop
pictures of aircraft would be appreciated. Meghan Dang
Specifically for all control links and video stuff, datasheets appreciated.
Lead Up Construction Timeline
~ July 9th
Assembly Start
July 9-12
created electrical harnesses
battery splitter
buck->pdb
July 15-17
determined working servos
fastened electrical components
mounted servos & motor
cut and bent wire for screw pin horns
mounted screw pin horns
July 18-19
troubleshooted receiver & video system
July 21st
this FT
Logistics
Sunday the 21st
WRESTRC
Daniel Puratich has location booked
Smile Khatri has vehicle booked
Hoping to have all systems checked in the morning fully and fly in the afternoon
We have WRESTRC 11am to 6pm
Attendees
Smile Khatri Driving, Plane Thrower, & Ground Videographer
Meghan Dang : Foam Plane Pilot
Daniel Puratich : Admin, Second Pilot
Ahmed Saraj: Photography
Flight Plans
We are limited to only a few 3S batteries so targeting three flights.
Warmup
Daniel Puratich fly quad
Goal is to get Meghan Dang comfortable with the video feed quality and range bounds
One pack will be ~6 min flight time
Flight #1
Meghan flies foam plane
Daniel would like to fly quad same time to get some more footage of foam plane in the air
flying in a loop
get a feel for aircraft
takeoff downwind
feel out the battery life, land after 7 minutes to check battery percentage
Flight #2
Daniel flies foam plane
get a feel for aircraft
loop and figure eights
Flight #3
Meghan flies foam plane
Daniel flies quad same time
figure eights
Debrief
Media
DVR
Pictures
Description
what happened?