Motor Air Vehicle Group 1 Jacky, Osama, Eddy, Abdul, Michael, Serge
Objective Our objective is to build a motor air vehicle that can sustain flight for five minutes and complete several figure 8 loops during that time.
Parts and costs
GSW slowstick – 28$ 6 channel radio receiver and transmitter – 32$ Brushless motor – bought on sale for 18.50$ Battery pack – 6$ Shipping is free through amazon We have not yet found the cost of the parts that will be made by the 3D printer but believe that in total it will be around 25$ Created parts will include the camera mount as well as any parts we wish to modify Total cost of plane will be around 106$ Our trainer plane cost 70$ Total money spent = 176$
Slow-stick parts
Camera Mount
Elevator
Fuselage
Horizontal Stability
Leading Edge Wing Support
Motor Mount
Tail Gear Support
Trailing Edge Wing Support
Rudder
Vertical Stabilizer
Test Flying the Trainer
Observations about the trainer Very light weight Hard to fly in any wind Fairly easy to control Easily breakable Parts disconnect easily Battery pack does not stay attached to plane