RQ-7 SHADOW - A wildly unique RC Airplane
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2024
- The RQ-7 Shadow is a military Surveillance UAV. Legend Hobby took that iconic drone and scaled it down to be 1/2 scale. This thing looks amazing in the sky and with the added touches we have created for it, it truly is a unique RC model. Whether flying LOS or FPV the RQ-7 is an amazing option with easy flight characteristics and LONG flight times. Stay tuned for the payload release FPV video coming soon!
BIG THANKS TO TOM HUNT!!! Check out his CZcams for some FPV videos.
@tomhuntFPV
Thanks to Jeff & Wayne for the help on the build as well as always some positive recommendations! @JeffsCustomRC
RQ-7 Shadow ARF Plus build video - • Building a RQ-7 Shadow...
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Ruddervators (rudder and elevator combined, not tailerons) Tailerons are all flying horizontal tails that are used for pitch and roll (like the F-14!) but great stuff Jay!
I’ll be getting the names wrong indefinitely 😂
@@Jays_rcgarage No problem Jay, we'll keep ya honest! thanks for the mention. It was a fun project! can't wait to see the bomb drops!
Elerudders not ruddervators
@@vbear6983 no ruddervator...... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-tail
@@tomhuntFPV for rq-7 specifically they are elerudders
As a former RQ-7B legacy and RQ-7B V2 maintainer, this sounds as much like a weed eater just as much as the actual thing.
I have been waiting for this, since you first made a short about it.!❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent video and modifications Jay!!! What great add on these touches are. Thanks so much for shout out and hope to get together soon brother👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
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I'd love to see more of these drones in the consumer market, flying wings with good cameras for recording the ground. I know that for civvie purposes quadcopters generally make more sense as they can hover, but I figure something like faem, ranch and reserve owners could make use of the lower noise, higher efficiency and mission time of flying wing and for everyone else it would be cool to own one.
You can tell how solid this is during landing and it makes that sound. It looks like a nice relaxing plane to fly, I like when big planes are easy to land it makes it so much less intimidating
This plane is so EPIC! All of the custom additions you and Tom made really add to the EPICNESS of this bird🔥
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Looks right with the mods and not weird like it did without!
Totally agree!
Very nice. Appears to be a real tame flyer.
I like smaller planes; if it were 1/4 scale I'd give it a serious look.
Troy built models sold the same model back in the day
Nice fpv platform.
Incredible dude, nice job!
Nice !
This is what looks like being used during the wars the past couple of years. Cool plane any thing similar for a UMX style size?
A UMX style would be iconic ! Don’t know of any though !
You are good man complit❤❤❤
NIIIIICE 👌🏻
I got a project in mind and would love to get my hands on the STLs for the camera dome. Pair this with the DJI 03 air unit and this would be great for search and rescue missions as well as utility line inspections.
It should be available on legendhobby.com .. if not.. it will be soon
wow
information 3:12 the excessive distance between the elevators and cg will result in a significant amount of damping of responses to elevator inputs.! the mass in the Two CF tail booms significantly increases the amount of tail-heaviness in the model's dom. the main landing gear should be located below the cg; this correctly puts the main lg just aft-of the model's c-m. such incorrect location of the main lg will affect the way an aircraft rotates, at take-off. [ IDEALLY, in most cases, cg is Supposed to be located at THIRTY percent of chord or mac. possession of this fact makes it EASY to know where a cg SHOULD be, for any aircraft. ] it is the opposite of smart to make the tail Heavier, by putting servos there.
4:06 the prop noise is excessive. a 'stiff' EP prop should be used. more noise equals more vibration. more vibration may cause servo glitching. d
Love it! I'd really like to get that camera mount/FPV setup for mine, Where can I get that?
Legend Hobby is going to have them for sale once the model comes in!
Hi. I really like your channel, and i relate because umx planes also got me really interested, they are all i fly lol. Speaking of umx, you have really ought to try the micro conscendo. Its an absloulte rocket, without doubt best "performing" umx yet.
Its basically a pocket jet that can glide!
Where did you get fpv kit? Any video on it? Installation?
Finally
Still a pre-order!
There were a few small things the factory had to change. The original canopy was screws and now they are magnetic. A few things in the build instructions as well. I’m sure it’s about to be released though !
I need that camera
In general I do like it, but I don't like the noise gear too flimsy, I would change the prop to a 3 or 4 blade prop and longer. For the "bombs" I would exchange that for more battery instead...Would like to know how the military transceiver is setup and try and duplicated it for civilian use. Maybe flash a router?
you should attach little droppable missiles. that would be very funny 🤣
Dude I love your videos can you please respond to this and give me a new RC pilot some tips on landing
Hope this doesn't upset you since you didn't ask me. I found the best way to get good at landing is simply practice. Rather than flying around,just keep flying barely off the ground and immediately land,over and over. Also try to fly high once,and test out your stall speed,see how much throttle yours needs to just barely keep from stalling. I would also consider looking up some tips for landing from actual pilots,there is a term some use called "catching the pillow". It doesn't happen as well on RCs, but normally when flying,if you were to intentionally try to hit the ground,there is a bit of push back that makes it feel like it doesn't want to go down when flying straight. Low throttle,low descent speed,come up to runway and ride it down, right before touchdown,raise nose and drop throttle to below stall speed. Rather than flying onto the runway,you should be stalling onto runway while you're nose is pointing up. Practice this over and over and in no time,you'll be spreading Butter every time.
I'd still love to see him do a video on it though. I also hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes by sharing my two cents. Hope this was somewhat helpful.
Buy a VTOL, like a HeeWing T1 or similar. Once you get a good feel for the controls, then start working at horizontal landings. If anything goes wrong at any point, just switch into hover and try again. Or you can just buy a cheap foamy and lots of glue.
@@tacticalFPV I have no idea why, but yt censored your comment. I can only see it in notifications. You said nothing worthy of censorship,so I assume you are often sharing your truthful opinions,and they must often go against "The Narrative",and I for one respect the hell out of that.
@@normalhuman9260 weird yt doesn’t approve of me, guess I’m doing it right lol. I recommend the OP to look at the small foam vtol planes, they take off and land like a quadcopter, super easy, and you can practice normal landings and if anything goes wrong you can just switch to vtol mode and avoid the crash.
@@tacticalFPV OMG they censored you again! You must really be spreading truth and the American spirit.
Is that the same Tom Hunt that worked In Bethpage with Northrop Grumman…?
Yes sir 🤝
yes it is. 42 years!
retired in Sept of 21, now I help guys like Jay!
@@tomhuntFPV I was on E2-D Advanced Hawkeye from 2003 through 2007 In Bethpage, I remember you sir.
@@itzjoeylo4501Nice, those were busy times. I was off in the Netherlands in 2006 and 2007 doing the wind tunnel testing on the "D".
The full scale has a wankel rotary single rotor engine. Wanted to build with gas but now hearing the electric it sounds very similar and may go for the the electric setup.
Did you ever end up uploading fpv pov? I couldn’t find it
Not yet. Was having issue with spektrum with HEADTRACKING. Switched to radiolink and working through the kinks now. Hopefully done this week and posting with I get back from Joe Nall
@@Jays_rcgarage looking forward to seeing it👍🏼
Imagine flying this over the border 💀
I need a couple hundred of these in Ukraine for specific needs
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Are you in the boroughs of NY? You have a slight Brooklyn accent
Long Island, NY 😂
Have a discord?😊
WEIGHT?
share the design :D
get rid of that controller get a radio master so you can use a flight controller then u can make it fly its self and use the goggles , i have my planes like this i would do that if i had that plane
Radiomaster actually reached out to me in the past to review the flight controllers. I may try this ..
@Jays_rcgarage get a SpeedyBee F405 wing flight controller its around 50$, and with the radio master radio get some thing long range like the new bandit transmitter its 100 bux plus 25 bux for receiver and your set for long range and RTH if you get a GPS if you need any help i would be happy to help 😀
Thermal cam 😏
pilots who use flaps should Understand that when flaps are deployed they make more Inboard-located lift. this BAD.!!! because such lift can partially unload the ailerons.!
in other words, the use of flaps can result in a Reduction of control authority, in Addition to that which occurs due to flying near stall speed.!
What do you mean "civilian owned"? Its a rc airplane anyone can buy.
I am a civilian, and I own the RC plane in the thumbnail 🔥
@@Jays_rcgarage saying that makes it seem like it's a military drone that civilians wouldn't normally own. It's a RC plane that anyone can own.
@@Jays_rcgarage🤡
@@Jays_rcgarage🦑
1).Those are Ruddervators.
2). You need a proper radio.
3). That wooden prop will be very inefficient on electric.
4). You don't seem to know anything about FPV or "drones"
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1 & 4 are correct. 3 is wrong, you buy the ELECTRIC wooden prop. More efficient, you will have better thrust and longer run times. Yes, we will need the correct ratio.. Wayne and Jeff did the math and 16x6 is the solution. Up 1” in diameter and down 1 in pitch.
Thanks for watching 👍🏼😎
@@Jays_rcgarage If you knew more about 4, you'd realise 2 is correct.....🤔😏
@@EnglishTurbines I agreed with 2.
Dude I love your videos can you please respond to this and give me a new RC pilot some tips on landing
Don’t crash… kidding !! lol fly the plane all the way to the floor. Elevator and play with the throttle to keep it up till you are just about ready for that final flare !