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Finished the two booms and elevator

A project log for Airborne VTOL small items retrieval system

Driving a car to pick up a very small item say 20x20 inches is very wasteful to do, so why not use something more efficient like an RC plane

thomThom 08/21/2014 at 06:450 Comments

I've made some good progress on the UAV, I finished the two booms and strengthened the A LOT. One fell of my workbench before I'd strengthened it and it broke in half. I've also attached the elevator and I've started to mount the servo's. The booms are made out of 6mm depron, at first a had a big heavy wooden rod running the entire length, but I've found the depron to be sturdy enough if you place enough bulkheads. The booms are about 4 times lighter now then they were with the wooden rods. Dumping the wood for strength has also made wiring a lot easier and there is way more room for electronics and servo's. 


I'll post the pictures as soon as my required video is done uploading.

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