Blunt Nose Versa WIng FPV [BUILD]

Hi everyone, I will cover the build of my FPV Versa Wing.  These wings are very popular for FPV and for good reason, they are easy to build, there is a lot of information on the internet and they fly quite well. The excellent Flite Test plans allows for a very easy build. The electronics used are as following:

Motor : Emax GT2215 950KV running a 10x6 prop

ESC: Plush 30A 

Servos : generic 9g servos

Radio system : FRSKY D4R-II receiver

Batteries-  Zippy 2200mah 40c Batteries / Video Battery Turnigy 1300mah 30c

FPV setup:

TS-832 Video Transmitter 600mw 5.8Ghz

Tarot 300 OSD

Eachine 700 camera

Braided/ twisted cables and ferrite rings

The first part was easy, trace out the patterns and cut the parts, I added 4 inches to the bottom part of the wing so as to extend the wing and form the blunt nose part. 

Extended bottom wing panels

This allows a lot of space for the FPV setup as well and space for batteries. Running two 2200mah batteries takes up a lot of space. The wiring setup was than spaced out to keep the Video TX away from other components. As you can see from the next photo you can see how much space this small wing has.

Placement of componenets inside wing

the batteries are placed far forward in later photos you will see the final placement of the batteries. the video signal wire is passing in front of the spar or wing shaper while everything else is spaced out. a simple hatch with magnets is used to cover the components but also allows good access to the inside of the wing. On a later date the batteries were moved far more forward with the video system battery nestled between them like this.  

Battery Positions

This allows for the CG to move forward, reducing the amount of ballast needed to get the CG right. Two wooden spars were glued in , the front one is used to stiffen the middle section of the plane, while the rear one is glued to the top of the wing thus joining the upper parts together increasing the rigidity, and thighs the motor mount to it as well, reducing the twisting from the motor and prop. 

Basic layout and wooden spars

That is basically it, a very simple wing to build, using the FT center section would have been cleaner of course but this allows better access. The wing was painted using oil based paint thinned with spirit to allow better spreading . This allows the surface of the wing to be watertight and a little bit more durable. also it is much easier to spot from the ground. At this point the Wing has been flown for about a minute or two and found it to be just a touch tail heavy, I will perform another flight soon. The FPV system worked quite well without any noticeable issues. For the wing itself it still need to be dialed in, but I think it will be a good flyer. 

Just after paint

After the small flight and landing in wet muddy grass

In the following week I will basically setup the cg again, change the camera angle a bit and try again. Thats it for now and Happy Flying.

FPV Big Delta [Update]

Hi everyone, I started working on fixing and modifying my scratch built delta wing. The damage to the center section was very bad and left the wing incredibly weak.  The middle 8 inches were removed and a new section was glued in.

Stiffeners were crossed across to ad strength to the wing as I want the this new section to stay open totally giving me very good access to the internals.  As this is an FPV wing the space is a bonus. The camera has been placed in Front used a small 9g servo to give me a pan function. The following pics are a work in progress, the wiring is slowly getting sorted as work goes on. The batteries are place staggered so they actually fit and balance better ( I think).  So Far So Good. All I have left to do until the remaining parts(motor and Video TX) arrive:

1. New Control Horn and linkages
2. New Motor Mount
3. Wire up RX and servos and ESC
4. Start cable management

Thats it for now and Happy Flying.

Cross braced stiffeners add torsional rigidity lost when wing was cut

The PAN servo thing and 700TVL camera

Hatch in Place fitting snugly

Staggered battery arrangement

FT Spitfire and Next Projects

Hi There, my FT Spitfire has been flown with the now much more powerful motor, and it flies great, the 3000mah battery is a good performer but flight times only last about 10 minutes, something I learned the hard way unfortunately, as the low voltage cutout shut off power to the motor and had to land behind some tree, no mayor damage, all fixed and flown again. The characteristics of the plane are very good. It tracks very well, its very responsive not to mention it looks the part. The video shows my friend Joseph Mustang as well as my Spitfire flying around one of the fields.

For the moment the Spitfire will remain as it is, until I get the airbrush and try to paint it.  The next project will be to fix a wing of my own design. This was a scratch built wing, roughly designed using the Flitetest Versa wing as a base. It is much larger than the Versa wing. It has seen few fights, and a lot of crashes unfortunately, hence the need to fix this. Below you can see the wing as it is now without power pod or fuselage. 

The main damage is:

• Motor mount area heavily damaged due to broken propeller striking the wing
• Under wing area where fuselage was mounted, damaged due to several bad crashes

I did not have any idea how to get around fixing it, until yesterday night when while watching a video on you tube saw a blunt nose Versa Wing which was made exceptionally well, the video is enclosed at the bottom.

So basically now 8 inches from the middle of the wing will be cut out and a new part will be made to that a blunt nose will be formed into it, which will allow my to run two 3s 2200mah batteries in parallel, and FPV gear.

Thats it for now and Happy Flying.

Gusty Slope Soaring [Maiden Flight]

Having fun with my fellow flyers, high wind speeds and gusts. Had a lot of fun that day, even if my attempts at flying my old beaten up versa wing mostly failed.

Build Log for Zackspeed Flying Wing Glider

This is the Build Log for the Zackspeed Flying Wing glider.

I bought the wing cores off Ebay, they are made by this company, http://epp-modelle.de/ .  It basically came as two wing half made of white epp foam.  

Altough optional on this wing, I have decided to install carbon fibre tubes to reinforce the wing. The tubes are 5x3 carbon tubes, light and rigid enough to hold the shape, but with enough flexibility to take hard landing and combat.

The where installed like so, the line in the middle are for the CG. also note the battery compartment

The equipment I have installed in this are:

FRSKY V8R4-II
2 x Goteck HKS-9650 Servos

The servos and the receiver were installed on the top of the wing , countersunk in the foam and then covered with tape.

 Using spray on glue and colored duct tape, the wing was reinforced as suggested in the instructions, using the shown pattern. The difference in torsional rigidity is quite large. The elevons were cuts from cardboard back foamboard 3mm thickness, and then taped on, I used credit card control horns.

The all up weight ended up being 650 grama with 80 grams of ballast in the front After the maiden flight I can report that its a very easy wing to fly, tracks very well. It is also quite fast. During the flight the wing was just on the limit of the CG, being a little tail heavy, but the amount of altitude it can gather is very good. Overall quite a good wing