Can I Suggest That Yoiu Try And Not Capitalise Every Word As It Makes It Harder To Read

Originally Posted by Tonystott

Can I Suggest That Yoiu Try And Not Capitalise Every Word As It Makes It Harder To Read

Thank you for the Advice but can you please Stay on Topic!

K

Realizing that the side outline on the 3 View i had was not scale.. i am Re-doing the Cross sections using an image containing the scale outline

Sorry for the Delay (i Will keep you updated)

K

and now i'm back to work on the Cross sections

Well The Power system has Been Decided on! (Special Thanks to Bruce Abbott)

Click on the Picture to Visit the product pages..
1 Scorpion 4020-16

$111.61*

4x Turnigy nano-tech 5000mah 5S 25~50C Lipo Pack (in paralel)

$54.69 Each

(will allow me in series to draw 500A Constant and 1000A Burst! When Wired in Paralel)

a few EMP 16x8x3 3 blade prop

$ 9.14

1 Kontronik Koby 90 LV Brushless ESC

$250.00

Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott

A 60A ESC would probably do, but I would go higher for safety. An ESC which uses 'active freewheeling' (synchronous rectification) can obtain ~5% better efficiency at part throttle. I suggest the Kontronik Koby 90LV.

You will need at least 20Ah to get 3 hours of loiter time in dead air.

Motocalc loiter time estimation (@67% throttle):-

Motor: Scorpion 4020-16 (est); 420rpm/V; 1.5A no-load; 0.07 Ohms.
Battery: Turnigy nano-tech 5000 (25C); 5 series x 4 parallel cells; 4500mAh @ 3.85V; 0.003 Ohms/cell.
Speed Control: Kontronik Koby 90LV; 0.001 Ohms; High rate.
Drive System: MAS GF 16x8x3 (est); 16x8 3-bladed (Pconst=1.1; Tconst=1) direct drive.
Airframe: MQ-9 Reaper 1/5th scale; 125.7dmē; 7000g; 55.7g/dmē; Cd=0.037; Cl=0.57; Clopt=0.79; Clmax=1.2.
Stats: 53 W/kg in; 42 W/kg out; 9m/s stall; 11.1m/s opt @ 62% (209:10); 13.1m/s level @ 72% (162:25); 0.57m/s @ 3°; -0.63m/s @ -3.2°.
Conditions: Sea Level, 101.3kPa, 20°C

AirSpd (m/s) = 12.0
Drag (g) = 384
Batt Amps = 6.17
Motor Amps = 9.21
Motor Volts = 12.9
Input (W) = 118.4
Loss (W) = 24.2
MGbOut (W) = 94.1
MotGb Ef(%) = 79.5
Prop RPM = 5128
Thrust (g) = 472
PSpd (m/s) = 5.37
Prop Ef(%) = 59.0
Total Ef(%) = 46.7
Time (m:s) = 175:03

Voilla

K

BTW: i do need to find a 130mm (5.11inches) Alloy Spinner

With surfaces that large, you might need multiple high torque servos per control surface. The last thing you want is your elevator to not be able to pull the plane out of a dive.

Originally Posted by ashdec87

With surfaces that large, you might need multiple high torque servos per control surface. The last thing you want is your elevator to not be able to pull the plane out of a dive.

Hi ashdec87,
for the ailerons i was Planning to Run two Hi tourqe MG Digi servos.
and for the flaps i was planning on 3 standard Sized MG servos..
and yes Crashing this baby would be a nightmare! come true!

im Thinking of using these (because of there good review and being Slim enough to fit in the wing) for ailerons


and these for Flaps
and maybe these for Flaps and Elev (elevator will be Split into to Portions so if one portion fails ill have to other portion still in my control)

K

My, you are as persistent as you are ambitious.
Good luck on this one my friend!

Originally Posted by Legot

My, you are as persistent as you are ambitious.
Good luck on this one my friend!

I hope that Was Not sarcasm..
+ this is a much Easier build than A Giant scale AN-225

But thanks Anyway
K

have you scratch built a plane this big before?

Originally Posted by ashdec87

have you scratch built a plane this big before?

nope.. biggest i built Was and 120inch Slope glider... (which sadly met its Demise due to Dumb thumbs.. ) so i get the Jist .. i know im gonna be Focusing on strength.. Due to the Large wingspan of this aircraft
+ i am also studying Physics So i understand the Flight forces it has to undertake.. And have done Plenty Research as to large scale Construction technique
K

Are you going to use an autopilot? Just a FPV? Just a standard model for the field? I think you could do some great long range UAS jobs with this.

The FAA will license UAS soon, so you can fly anywhere without getting into trouble.

First a LOS Regular model... Then FPV and then ill fit the Ardu-pilot (autopilot) board... and do Some nice long Range UAS and RPV work.. and My PC will be the Ground station... (with joystick control for the Long range RPV (im going to see what i can do to Contact the FAA in terms of UAS licensing.. )

K

Last update before Bed..


K

Originally Posted by 3DDFHobbies

First a LOS Regular model... Then FPV and then ill fit the Ardu-pilot (autopilot) board... and do Some nice long Range UAS and RPV work.. and My PC will be the Ground station... (with joystick control for the Long range RPV (im going to see what i can do to Contact the FAA in terms of UAS licensing.. )

K

Its FPV, not RPV The FAA won't have jurisdiction over you, you're in GB, no?

Let me tell you from this point, while its good to plan ahead, you're looking way to far into the future. First focus on designing it, then build it, if you're planning for all of these things you are bound to get sidetracked.

IMO, (not that I've tried it) Joystick flying is overrated unless you have a full cockpit setup. Ardupilot is abit weak as well.

Now, for a few questions:
What are you building it out of?
Are you going to get the cross-sections lasered or milled?
Are you going to be glassing it?
What radio are you running? (just curious)

Again, don't even think about FPV yet, it can be difficult to learn about (most people would consider it alot to take in), and you'll likely get more interested in that and loose sight of this project.