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I could handle the electronics and software. It's more the structure and control surfaces that are a concern. Since there will be no passengers on a UAV (hence the name) i think it doesn't have to be perfect all the time. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif But it is a good goal.

I am good at self instruction when i'm bored or motivated. :D It's how i know much of what i do. (but not all)

That's a huge pic but looks nice. And cold.
 
I could handle the electronics and software. It's more the structure and control surfaces that are a concern.
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Actually, the software is what I do for my primary work (closed loop flight control laws for stability and control). I'm a bit of a dabbler myself in the structural stuff. One thing I do want to build is a test rig for the top of my truck that will allow me to use it as a poor man's wind tunnel to measure lift and drag for various configs.

Since there will be no passengers on a UAV (hence the name) i think it doesn't have to be perfect all the time.
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Well, the FAA will certainly have something to say about it if you ever intend for it to fly over populated areas. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I am good at self instruction when i'm bored or motivated.
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That's great! Do you have a degree, or have you taken any engineering courses?

That's a huge pic but looks nice. And cold.
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Yeah, I was too lazy to scale it down before I uploaded it. It does get cold there in the winter (I am just above 7000 feet elevation) but the summers are really awesome. And there is a giant reservoir right behind my land where I can fly without worrying about crashing.

RMT
 
Greetings Wolf:

Re you diagram:

For the last for years I have been remodeling an old house and have learned a few things about copper pipe as a part time plumber. To connect it orthogonally, you would have to sweat in either an elbow or a tee, probably, for the "soldered" connections.

Torsion would play a big part in this system, so you have several torsional springs which are going to oscillate like crazy in different right angle directions.

Bear in mind that rotary motion can be described in terms of a pair of orthogonally displaced simple harmonic motions. So, you not actually transferring rotary motion but generating oscillations which reproduce it. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I am good at self instruction when i'm bored or motivated. It's how i know much of what i do. (but not all)

That's a huge pic but looks nice. And cold.
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I have found that self instruction is good but constructive feed back from experienced people also helps to make you better. Good luck with your project.
 
Hide in plain view. Brilliant. Quadrilateral aerodynamics. The concept has not been tried in public yet to my knowledge. You have grasped the nut of the matter. The structure you have built as shown here in your photograph is a classic. It will fly. The internal workings are something you are probably still developing. Congratulations on your insight and technical capability. The only recent examples of this kind of structure in flight are fleeting glimpses during tornado episodes. Evidentially, they are of no importance.
 
Quadrilateral aerodynamics. The concept has not been tried in public yet to my knowledge. You have grasped the nut of the matter. The structure you have built as shown here in your photograph is a classic. It will fly.
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Now you are catching on... wait until you see this baby do an outside loop! I am taking Burt Rutan's ideas about asymmetric structures to a whole new level!


The internal workings are something you are probably still developing. Congratulations on your insight and technical capability. The only recent examples of this kind of structure in flight are fleeting glimpses during tornado episodes. Evidentially, they are of no importance.
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Correct. Not at 7000 feet on the windward side of the mountains. I'd be more concerned about that on the eastern-slope, leeward side of the Rockys... as that is where all the tornadoes frequent. But even so, my steel structure is designed to peak wind loads of 90 knots, not to mention peak snow loads too! /ttiforum/images/graemlins/yum.gif

RMT
 
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