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Xperimentals and Assorted

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Some of my xperimental and assorted  builds ... just the highlights 1. Autonomous UAV.. pixhawk FC, scratch-built fuse + easystar wings.. had all flight functionalities incl takeoff and autoland. 2.  Big Stick.. a scratch-built slowstick with ailerons.. amazing flyer .. there is a video of it doing aerobatics in my you tube channel. 3. Combat wing 2 : this had a folded airfoil 4. DLG : The wing had a balsa Leading edge and a foam trailing edge, a boom and pod fuse with string actuated  "pull-pull" controls. 5. Twin Boom star : It had a scratch-built central section mated to easystar wing.. flew very well 6. Formation flying : Amar's modified Blizzard + SkySurfer...  enjoy Ranga's photography ... and the CRASH...  7. X7 Xperimental: it had only one aileron by design , and had a laminar flow airfoil. hotwired eps covered with paper... flew decently.. left turns were slightly uncoordinated....will revisit the lamiar flow airfoil sometime.  8.Twin engine Skysur...

eVTOL - Hummingbird tail sitter

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This was built in in 2022. It has symmetrical airfoil. Composite construction foam - fiberglass-CF. Used a balsa CF sandwich for the elevons and it came out really nice 920mm/36 in span ,2 x 2206 2000kv motors, F405 flight controller, 2x 9gm servos, 4S battery. Had to iterate a couple of times and airframes before arriving at a good flying setup. Here is the final video .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVT5TLOxDik