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DIY RC Airplanes from Scratch [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 231x183x18 mm, kaal: 451 g, 20 Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2013
  • Kirjastus: TAB Books Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0071810048
  • ISBN-13: 9780071810043
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 272 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 231x183x18 mm, kaal: 451 g, 20 Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2013
  • Kirjastus: TAB Books Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0071810048
  • ISBN-13: 9780071810043
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. BUILD YOUR OWN REMOTE-CONTROLLED AIRPLANES QUICKLY, EASILY, AND INEXPENSIVELY!Take to the skies with a majestic motorized model aircraft you create and pilot yourself. Written by the founder of the Brooklyn Aerodrome, DIY RC Airplanes from Scratch shows you how to build a Flack (Flying + Hack) delta wing from the ground up using widely available, low-cost materials and tools. You'll also learn the skills you need to get your plane into the air and keep it there. By the end of the book, you'll be able to create your own customized designs. The sky's the limit!

Discover how to:





Select the components youll need and get them at a low cost Build a sturdy deck and secure all of your airplane's electronics to it Construct the airframe with the proper trim and center of gravity Learn to fly--one crash at a time Diagnose and repair your airplane Decorate your aircraft for dazzling daytime flights Illuminate a night flyer with otherworldly effects Experiment with unique airframe shapes, including the Flying Heart, the Bat, and the Manta Ray Learn the basics of aerodynamics Devise, build, and fly your own unique designs





Companion videos available at http://brooklynaerodrome.com/bible
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgments xix
1 Get Your Stuff
1(26)
Introducing the Flack
1(3)
Parts and Materials
4(1)
Flight Simulator Controller
4(3)
Radios
7(2)
Motors
9(5)
Batteries
14(2)
Battery Connectors
16(1)
Chargers and Power Supplies
16(2)
Power Supplies
18(1)
Servos
19(1)
Airframe Materials
19(4)
Tape
23(2)
Cable Ties/Zip Ties
25(1)
Conclusion
25(2)
2 What Do All the Parts Do?
27(18)
The Flight Cycle of a Flack
27(1)
The Pilot
28(1)
The Builder
28(2)
The Airframe
30(1)
The Wing
30(1)
The Elevons
31(1)
The Stabilizers
31(1)
The Deck
32(1)
The Transmitter
33(1)
How the Transmitter Works
34(1)
How to Control the Sticks
35(1)
Mixing
35(1)
Throttle
35(1)
Rudder or Yaw Control
35(1)
Trim Tabs
36(1)
Rechargeable Batteries
37(1)
The Receiver
37(1)
How Servos Get Information
38(1)
What the Radio Channels Do
38(1)
Channel 1
38(2)
Channel 2
40(1)
Channel 3
40(1)
Electronic Speed Control and the Battery Eliminator Circuit
41(1)
Power Limitations of ESC and BEC
41(2)
The Flight Battery
43(1)
The Motor
43(1)
Conclusion
43(2)
3 Building the Deck
45(28)
Tools and Supplies
45(4)
Charge Your Battery
49(1)
The Deck
49(1)
Fabricate the Deck
49(1)
Attach Servos
49(4)
Create the Motor Mount
53(3)
Mount Propeller
56(4)
Attach the Motor Mount to the Deck
60(1)
Solder the Speed Control
61(8)
Power Up the Airplane
69(1)
Powering Down the Airplane
70(1)
Securing Parts to the Deck
71(1)
Conclusion
71(2)
4 The Airframe of the Flack
73(24)
The Airframe
73(9)
Attaching the Control Rods to the Elevons
82(2)
Attaching the Deck
84(3)
Centering Controls
87(1)
Establish Elevon Trim
88(7)
Final Cleanup
95(1)
Conclusion
96(1)
5 Learning to Fly One Crash at a Time: The Splinter Method
97(18)
Safety
97(1)
The Cone of Crashing Potential
98(1)
Trim
99(1)
Adjusting Trim
100(1)
Flight Simulator Setup and Training
100(1)
Incrementally Learning to Fly
100(1)
Get a Helper/Partner/Friend to Help Out
101(1)
Control Sensitivity
101(1)
Crashes
102(10)
Task 0 Approach the Field Ready to Fly
102(1)
Task 1 Launching without Power
102(4)
Task 2 RC on Launch to Landing, No Power
106(3)
Task 3 RC on Launch and Landing, Low Power, Cut Throttle
109(1)
Task 4 RC on Launch and Landing, Increasing Power
109(2)
Task 5 Turning
111(1)
The Wind
112(1)
Overall Good Strategies for Learning to Fly
112(1)
Skill Building
113(1)
Precision Landing
113(1)
Hit the Balloon
113(1)
Fly in Stressful Situations
114(1)
Aerobatics
114(1)
Conclusion
114(1)
6 Keeping You and Your Airplane Alive: Diagnostics and Repair
115(22)
Preflight Checklists of Use
115(1)
The Brief Preflight in 3 Seconds: Servos, Up, Down, Left, Right, Power, Launch
115(1)
More Complete Checklist for Aircraft of Questionable Integrity
116(3)
Crash Kit
119(1)
Basic Crash Kit
119(1)
More Complete Crash Kit
120(2)
Kinds of Repairs
122(1)
The Big-Crash Postflight Inspection
122(1)
More Specific Fixes
123(1)
Completely Dead Airplane
123(1)
Completely Dead Airplane: Rebind the Receiver
123(2)
Completely Dead Airplane: ESC Not Sending Power to the Receiver
125(1)
Completely Dead Airplane: Receiver/Servo
125(1)
Completely Dead Airplane: Transmitter
126(1)
Water Immersion
126(1)
Servos Operate But Motor Does Not
127(1)
Evaluating Motor Damage
128(1)
Symptom: Motor Has Weak Thrust
128(1)
Motor Vibrates
128(1)
Motor Gets Very Hot
129(1)
Motor Doesn't Work at All
129(2)
Battery Damage
131(1)
Highly Suspect Battery
132(1)
Check Battery Pack
133(1)
Battery Disposal
133(1)
Servo Damage
133(1)
Servo Not Moving
133(1)
Servo Arms Are No Longer Vertical When Trim Tabs Are Centered
134(1)
Busted Servo Arm
134(1)
Broken Propeller
135(1)
Kinds of Prop Damage
135(1)
Flutter
135(1)
Poor Radio Connection
136(1)
Conclusion
136(1)
7 Make Your Plane Look Good for Day Flying
137(18)
General Considerations to Keep in Mind
137(1)
Examples
138(1)
Mouse: Avery Stick-on Labels and Sharpies
139(1)
Purple Monster: Wrapping Paper
139(3)
Big Pink Angst: Fresnel-Lens Plastic
142(3)
Silver Shark: Plastic Film 2
145(1)
Brooklyn Aerodrome Orange Plane (BAOP) Paint on Foam
146(2)
Blue Angel and Others in Printed Tyvek
148(2)
Flying Heart: Sign Vinyl
150(1)
Firefly: Balloon Film
151(1)
Decorating with Tape
152(1)
Conclusion
153(2)
8 Make Your Plane Look Good at Night
155(20)
Overall Considerations
155(1)
Major Ways to Illuminate Aircraft
155(1)
Color at Night
156(1)
Electroluminescent Wire
156(2)
How El-Wire Works
158(1)
Powering El-Wire
159(1)
Soldering an Inverter for BEC Power
160(2)
Soldering El-Wire
162(1)
Stripping the El-Wire
162(2)
Soldering the El-Wire to Male Header Pins
164(2)
Simple Decoration
166(2)
LED-Based Approaches
168(1)
Single-Point LEDs
168(2)
Strip LEDs
170(1)
High-Power LEDs and Fiberoptics
171(1)
Other Illumination Options
172(1)
Weight Considerations
172(1)
BEC-Powered Lighting
173(1)
Robustness
173(1)
Conclusion
173(2)
9 Other Shapes
175(24)
Inorganic Produce
175(1)
Banana
176(2)
Carrot
178(2)
Strawberry
180(2)
Flying Heart
182(1)
SketchUp Is Your Friend
182(2)
Travel Flack
184(1)
Bat
185(1)
Crystal Towel
186(3)
Semi-Circle
189(2)
Manta Ray
191(1)
Design
191(1)
Evolving the Moving Fins
191(2)
The Radio
193(1)
The Build
194(1)
Flying
195(1)
3D Banana
195(3)
Conclusion
198(1)
10 Aerodynamics for the Hacker
199(12)
Lift
199(1)
Conditions for Lift: Positive Aerodynamic Angle of Attack and Airflow
199(1)
Lift, Part 1
199(1)
Lift, Part 2
200(1)
Pitch, Roll, and Yaw
201(1)
Center of Gravity (CG)
201(5)
Reflex and Flying Wings
206(2)
Reasoning about Lift
208(1)
Drag
209(1)
Glide Ratio
209(1)
Conclusion
209(2)
11 Hack the Flack: Make and Fly Your Own Design
211(14)
Getting the Idea
211(1)
Prototyping
212(1)
A Plank
213(1)
Designing and Building a Novel Design
214(1)
Building the Powered Version
215(1)
Scaling Up from the Glider Proof of Concept
216(2)
Structural Considerations
218(1)
Placing Equipment
219(1)
Flight Testing
220(1)
New Shapes by Morphing Old Ones
221(1)
Incremental Refinement
221(2)
Conclusion
223(2)
12 Simulators, Autopilots, Video, and Buddy Boxing
225(10)
Flight Simulators
225(1)
Flying Model Simulator (FMS)
225(1)
CRRCsim
226(2)
Autopilots
228(1)
Copilot CPD4
228(1)
Full Autopilot
229(1)
Video from the Air
230(1)
Passive Video
230(1)
First-Person Video (FPV)
231(1)
Buddy Boxing a.k.a. Student Driving for Pilots
232(1)
Hacking the Transmitters for Buddy Boxing
233(2)
Conclusion 235(2)
Index 237
Breck Baldwin has been building and flying model aircraft since he was a child. He founded the Brooklyn Aerodrome in 2005 to support flying art, education, and technology developments around remote-controlled aircraft. Baldwin authored a cover story for Make magazine, Volume 30, featuring the Towel, a delta-wing aircraft that can be built in an afternoon and for less than $100. He does professional flying engagements featuring custom-built art planes for festivals and corporate events. Baldwin also teaches adults and children how to build aircraft out of his studio. He has a PhD in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania and is the president and founder of LingPipe.