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While waiting (not-so-patiently) for a review of Bormatec’s new plane designed by the German FPV community (pictured above); I stumbled on this:
http://vimeo.com/11283451
Not exactly the same but I imagine they have similar flight characteristics. It’s fast, as one would expect from Rite Wing. Unfortunately, they don’t show any slow flying.
Thoughts?
Its looks pretty good, but ducted fans don't usually do well for slow flight. They produce a small volume of air at a high velocity, which works much better for faster flying. Ducted fans don't accelerate well either, so if you get in trouble they take a second to recover, its kind of like trying to put the pedal to the metal off the line in 3rd gear. For slower flight, you need a large propeller moving a large volume of air at a slower pitch speed, which gives you much better torque and this works far better for slow flying.
(08-21-2010 02:25 AM)aaronredbaron Wrote: [ -> ]Its looks pretty good, but ducted fans don't usually do well for slow flight. They produce a small volume of air at a high velocity, which works much better for faster flying. Ducted fans don't accelerate well either, so if you get in trouble they take a second to recover, its kind of like trying to put the pedal to the metal off the line in 3rd gear. For slower flight, you need a large propeller moving a large volume of air at a slower pitch speed, which gives you much better torque and this works far better for slow flying.
So you think Bormatec's new plane will do better at slower speeds? How slow I wonder?
Is there a plane out there that can fly as slow as the Easy Star and as fast as a Rite Wing?
(08-21-2010 02:56 AM)SquireM Wrote: [ -> ]Is there a plane out there that can fly as slow as the Easy Star and as fast as a Rite Wing?
That, my friend, is called having your cake and eating it too.
Make yourself a VTOL rite-wing.
It still looks rather chunky, I'm sorry but a few minutes spend sanding by a pro would get rid of those 'old school stealth' looks and bring in the modern B2 curved stealth looks. Think forward and you will do awesome with those bormatech models.
Hi!
I will write an english summary of the developement of Bormatec new FPV flying wing!
On wednesday he sent out the models to the beta tester!
More info soon
Best regards
Heiko
(08-21-2010 05:28 AM)aaron_gx Wrote: [ -> ]That, my friend, is called having your cake and eating it too.
Make yourself a VTOL rite-wing.
Come on
it's the 21st century! Shouldn't we be able to do that? All I want is a plane that break down to fit in a small suitcase, be indestructible, fly a little slower than walking speed (or hovering.. that was a great idea!) as well as 150km/hr if desired, having enough power to go vertical; have a 40km range and carry a an HD FPV setup... is that to much to ask?
That's all I want, and I'd like to be able to pick it up for less than $500 thank you.
Hey, I can dream can't I
There is a Hexakopter somewhere in my future and that fills some of those requirements.
Actually, to you engineers out there. This might make a good graduate project. You can beta test on me.
Actually this exists in virtual space! I just need in to be built in EPP.
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What do you want?
Maybe it will happen!
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Wow, this is what I call a innovative design!
Are there any flight videos of this prototype available?
