Ansley Peace Drone FPV Platform

Here's a look at the plane I built called the Ansley Peace Drone.  I got the design for this plane from Ed at Experimental Airlines.  He has some great designs and building styles that all use the dollar store foam and I would highly recommend checking his Youtube channel out for more information.  My primary reason for building this was to get a cheap, stable, and efficient FPV platform and this plane has done nothing but deliver this criteria.  It only uses 4 sheets of foamboard and I can easily get 30+ minutes of flight time with the 2 x 2200mAh batteries for a total of 4400mAh.

Here's a list of parts that I used:

• Dt850 Outrunenr Motor
• Hobbyking 30A ESC
• 2 x Turnigy 9g servo
• 2 x Turnigy 20C 2200mAh Lipo (in parallel)
• APC 12x6 prop
• Hobbyking multirotor controller board v2.1 (optional)

Here's a look at the 6" chord foam airfoil

This is how the wing attaches to the fuselage

This is the 3D printed camera mount I designed for my Fatshark Predator v2's (More info on this soon)

This is a view of the forward hatch for FPV equipment

Here's the rear hatch which holds the stabilization board and receiver

This is the connection between the large wing and the fuselage

Here you see the bottom of the plane with the HK 30A ESC mounted for proper cooling

This motor mount is just an L bracket with some break away zip ties for those rough landings

Here are all the parts disassembled for easy transportation

To sum it all up this plane flies absolutely great!  The dt850 motor is more than powerful enough to push this plane along.  I rarely need to exceed 1/2 throttle!  Though the stabilization board is nice to have, I hardly ever use it because the plane is already so stable and smooth.  It's nice to have when you fumble around trying to pull down FPV goggles though.  Maybe I'll write an aritcle on how to use this hobbyking board with a plane; it was a bit tricky to get right.  Launching the plane can be kinda hard because of the 12" blender in the back.  What works for me is throwing it hard into the air with no power on so that it glides, and then giving it some gas to power away from the ground.  I found that the CG is best at 1/2 the length of the fuselage, but performance isn't effected much if it's not exactly there.  This is by far one of my best flying planes and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an FPV platform.  Flight videos coming soon!

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