Ever had that moment during vacation where you thought "wow this is a great place to fly!"? Or "an aerial view of this would be awesome! The solution is to make an airplane that can travel with you, in a backpack, whenever you need it. That way you will always be ready to fly, where ever you want!
Adding another dimension to this fly anywhere airplane, I added FPV so this could capture and fly in the scenery of that vacation point.
A flying wing is perfect for the FPV backpack role.
Goals are:
1.fit in backpack,
2. +10min flight times
3. fly in moderate wind
4. carry FPV camera
5. DURABLE
With all this in mind, a flying wing platform would fit all of it. (a quad would have been good too, but that was out of my budget). To achieve the 10min flight time and still have enough power to climb, I used the heaviest electronics to calculate how much the airframe could weigh and took off as much weight as possible. The biggest hurdle in this build was weight, not only does this wing have to fly for 10min, it needs to carry the FPV load.
This wing has achieved all these goals. In fact the maiden flight was in heavy wind, and that lasted over 10mins with the battery still at 50%!. Videos will be added shortly.
Flight video:
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