How to build an Autonomous UAV for Long Range FPV & Reconnaissance
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- How to build an Autonomous UAV for Long Range FPV & Reconnaissance - Silver Specter
I've spent about 2-4 days building this UAV in Flight-Ready state from scratch. In hours, it would be about 10-15h.
The aircraft flies incredible unlike it's slight tailheavy state but the stabilization & navigation modes take care of that and won't let me notice anything about it.
The Return to Home feature works flawless, as well as the Autonomous Missions I activated as well (hence the Air to Air Footage, by me, flying the Mavic Mini 2)
The aircraft hasn't been tested on it's flight time & efficiencies, but it's definitaly capable of +1h flight times (with my homemade 4S 9600mAh Li-Ion) as it's average cruise throttle is about 5A.
In it's upcoming flight video, extended & detailed information will follow!
Here are the links for this build:
Matek F405-WING V2 (Flight Controller): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mKr...
Eachine TX526 (Video Transmitter): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oDN...
MG90 Metal Geared (Servos): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_msu...
Standard 1800TVL (FPV Camera): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_EH1...
Hobbywing Skywalker (ESC): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mKd...
Gemfan 12x8E (Propeller): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mNQ...
FrSky X8R (Receiver): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mLR...
Beitian BN-280 (GPS): s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oEe...
Racerstar BR4108/600kv (Motor Equivalent!): s.cl - Zábava
With each iteration, I see your planes are getting better along with your building technique
Great content love the time put into the explanation we need more people like u in the hobby
It's autonomous?! Wow! Someone actually used the correct definition of the word drone besides me for once.
I would love to see how this performs, some actual footage from the drone, the range, how you setup waypoints and get autonomous flight, how it takes off and lands. I would also love to see in detail how you setup the electronics, paired your controller and what controller you use.
Nice design, one suggestions for an improvement would be if you or anyone wanting to recreate the boom and mid wing design is to 3D print a rib shape with cutouts for spars on the profile and on the trailing edge a hole for the spars. I have printed such a part before and find it to be pretty big improvement in terms of having the booms solidly and rigidly attached to the wing without wobbling etc. Might even make them completely removable if you drill a small hole through the boom and attach them with a small clip through the entire wing in similar fashion to how RC car bodywork shells often are attached to the actual RC car.
The triangle in the back helps tremendously for the balance and leverage of lift in comparison to the first. Great job.
That's beautiful!🥹
Once again, you've created another amazing looking plane! Really well done! I may have to build this plane! Thanks for sharing your builds!
I like how you take time to be through. Thank you for this build.
Very impressive! Well done! Happy flying!
Thanks, I’ve been hoping you would make a video like this. It’s a lot to learn if you’re starting from scratch.
Great work
Hi man, I love your videos! They finally inspired me to pick up a project of my own and see how far I can get!
Fantastic buddy
The inverted ‘V’ tail also eliminates the problem of adverse roll.
Yep it makes coordinated turns super easy and efficient.
you are such an inspiration!
awesome man
I love these builds and videos! 🎉
Glad to hear!
Thank you for this super interesting sharing for this beautifull plane 😛the construction techniques used here are great: solid, cheap 🤑, materials easy to find 🤓. Personally I have no problems with the construction but I have more difficulty with the configuration of INAV 🤯If in your next video you could detail really very very precisely step by step the configuration for the poor NOOB that I am (and boomer at that!! 56 years old 😬) I will be extremely grateful to you 🤩. a big hello from France 😜
I'll take it one step further... you're such an inspiration I am going to build the airframe even though I have zero clue how to do the electronics, HAVE any of the electronics [including a radio] or know how to fly an RC! [I'm not foolin!]
So nice ❤❤❤
He’s back 😮
Very efficient and simple, 😮👍
Awesome
Really cool idea with V-tail
Thanks!
I think they're called A-tail or inverted V-tail.
Nice job!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Please upload more details about installment of electronics and flight setup like controllers or preparation of ground station. Thx a lot I am gonna try:))
Ukraine has a very similar looking long range drone for one way trips called Lyutyi ( Fierce )... 1000km range, it must be gas powered and probably twice as big. It uses computer vision right at the end to decide precisely where to "land."
Hello AeroStuff FPV I have been following your build video's as my ref point to building my own Silver Specter, are you going to do a video showing how you built your own 4S battery and how you install the camera gear (D.S.L.R camera) in the bay. Thank You
This is a very cool video. I've also been into foam planes for a long time. But now I live in a country where foam is a very expensive material.
It’s cheaper for me to buy a ready-made plane from Aliexpress.
I think that by covering the plane with tape you gained a lot of weight.
1. What is the weight of the aircraft without batteries.
2. How many batteries fit inside.
3. What is the load on the wing.
4. What is the cruise speed?
5. How far did you manage to fly on the battery (in other words, how many kilometers can the plane stay in the air on one battery).
Thank you very much. The plane turned out to be very beautiful and flying.
Pavel
for cheap foam try the insulating foam used for putting under floorboards , where i live its really cheap and you can find i in any hardware store
great stuff man! have you considered implementing 3d printing into your builds? at least for the fuselage you could improve efficiency, make it easier to install your components and once the design is done you can just reprint broken parts essentially effortlessly over night.
I've considered 3D Frames but I'm not on it yet.
Thanks!
Thanks for a great video. Curious about what strobe module you're using?
Muito bom vídeo, um abraço do Brasil
apologies for asking a question that may have be asked already but what is the angel of the V notch in the V tail. Great video i am almost done with my construction.
Thank You
Thanks for sharing your good work. Where do you get the silver tape?
tell me which module you use for blinking LEDs???
Super🎉🎉
Hi there. Your material on CZcams is all excellent, thanks so much. Of all the builds you have posted, which would you say is the easiest for a newbie to attempt? Also, what controller do you use?
Thanks! I'd start with the Silent Star series (old build video, red/white V-Tail Tractor FPV Plane) That is the easiest to build & fly. Second place would be the V-Tail Pusher design.
Great video! Thanks for the links also. I wish you focus on the electrics in one of your "how to" videos
Considered !
What drone are you using to capture this great aerial footage? Another one with gimbal?
Mini 2
Genuine question, how do you find places to fly these planes? I want to build something like this but I don't want to fly over other people's property. Any tips???
Google maps satellite view. If you want to fly long range you plan you're flights accordingly.
that's so fucking cool dude
can you make a video of what wires you put thru the back beams at 10:32?
Awesome! Stupid question can you use the same method in smaller scale ? Because I have a small drone and was thinking using its motors?
Yes, absolutely. I got a separate video how I design & scale my planes: czcams.com/video/b4DrhALWAJs/video.html
@@AeroStuffFPV thank you for reaching back and i appreciate it
What's your opinion on Fuel cells other than the obvious high cost?
try with T-motor or Graupner propellers, they are a bit more expensive than gemfans but from my experience they are more efficient. EDIT: T-motors are named Eolo.
I really like master airscrew.
Just a quick question outside the box: Can that flightcontroller be flashed to ArduRover?
Terrific video, thank you for sharing. What’s the all up weight? What do you think its max weight capacity is? (I.e.. how much weight can it carry).
Thanks! AUW is about 1.8kg. I'm not sure how much it'll takeoff/fly with at maximum. I don't have that formula. I'd generously guess between 3.5-5kg
@@AeroStuffFPV If you forget for a while about structural stuff, then you are practically limited to the Power/Weight ratio.
Obv, the more load on wings the higher the stall speed therefore it has to fly faster to be airborne.
And of course, pitch speed of prop.
I am sure now your P/W is at least 1.0+
Double the weight and you got hard time to launch it - toss it above stall speed.
There is a nice calculator online (eCalc), slightly limited in free version but can provide some general idea how a plane will perform.
Would using a Volantex Phoenix 2400mm as a base be a good if I want to achieve long range fpv?
As an avid RC flyer/modeller, just wondering, how about large wing span with wide wing cord, filled with helium also covered with solar panels, the idea of maximum flight time,back in the day built a Ben Buckel this thing was so efficient it was difficult to get it down
Can vynil wrap be used instead of tape?
Amazing stuff this reminds me when i attempted to make a drone in highschool. I used similar materials but it just crashed. Where did you learn to design and build aircraft like this?
Here is a video about designing my own FPV Aircraft: czcams.com/video/b4DrhALWAJs/video.html
Are the aluminum wing spars glued into the wings or fuselage?
The ALU profile is used ONLY as a temp placeholder. Bad idea to use ALU in wings especially. If you manage to bend it by crash you got a hard time to yank it out and replace. So, carbon spar.
what kind of flashing module is on the back? thx;)
where are you getting xps foam in US I cant seem to find it
Nice. Just observing... For a free flight model airplane, this design and most of the others you showed look very short-coupled longitudinally. That is, the tail boom looks short. This may mean the stabilization needs to work hard for pitch stability. The drone footage seems to confirm this (though of course there's no way to know wind conditions in those). Same for small dihedral and roll stability. A good free flight design with longer coupling and dihedral does an amazing job of flying steadily through weather on its own.
It's a tradeoff stability vs maneuverability. Short coupled planes are funner to fly and handle better at speed generally. For gliders and super efficient slow self stable planes ya pretty much the longer the boom, smaller the tail surface and higher the aspect ratio the better.
Can I use other receiver like fs-IA6B?
I could see putting this in CAD.
Cool build! I always wonder how much loading can the glued mid section take. Yeah it's UAV so no aerobatics but still what's the upper limit. Will you try some loops? 😅 Good you trust it anyway!
2kg AUW with 25.5 dm² seems like it needs some good toss for launch.
Let's wait for the next flight video 👏👍
Thanks Valkyrie! This design does loops with ease with 1.7-1.8kg AUW. I'm not sure how much it'll takeoff/fly with at maximum. I don't have that formula. I'd generously guess between 3.5-5kg
@@AeroStuffFPV Ah that's great, impressive! I think that capability is reduced with freezing temps as hot glue gets more brittle? 🤔
Correct, but hot-glue joints are reinforced with duct tapes or fiber tapes to cover & minimize glued parts to pop open or loose.
@@AeroStuffFPV Yeah, I am neither fan of "glue-only"
Is it possible in smaler scale like 1meter wingspan?
I don't see a reason why not. It's pretty much "just scaling down" the dimensions. More important would be to keep the weight right proportionally to the size. If you keep the exact same electronic as in this build, you will end up with higher loading on smaller wings.
Yes, absolutely. I got a video how I design & scale my planes: czcams.com/video/b4DrhALWAJs/video.html
Would an Arduino work as a flight controller?
The first hobby flight controller was called multiwii, (technically triflight i believe) it ran on an arduino and a wii motion plus gyro board. Now days that's really outdated but, it's totally possible. If you want to build your own you'd be much better off running inav on a f411 blackpill or similar board though and really you can get fc's that'll run inav for about the same price as a mcu and gyro board and you'll want all the extra stuff on an fc like osd, voltage regulators, etc.
Have you thought about 3D Printing your design
It's a consideration for the future.
I think 3d printing is best for things like mounts, control horns and other small and intricate parts that need to be strong, once you start printing big stuff that needs to be light it gets brittle and heavy so you're better with foam for durability and weight. 3d printed ribs with foam covering is an interesting concept to me though.
Have you experimented with fiberglass?
It wouldn't be of much interest and would also considerably increase the weight. The type of construction used here is sufficiently strong without the need for additional structural reinforcements. We must never forget that weight is the ultimate enemy for an RC plane.......
@@sylvainponchelet4188Not entirely true, proper fiberglassing can produce stiffer parts at less weight due to its tensile strength. Just look at competition gliders. I like to reinforce wing joints, motor mounts etc. with carbon fiber and it makes for insanely strong light weight builds.
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