DIY RC airplanes from scratch : the Brooklyn Aerodrome bible for hacking the skies /

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) delt...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baldwin, Breck
Autor Corporativo: Brooklyn Aerodrome
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : McGraw-Hill Education, ©2013.
Temas:
Remote control.
Airplanes > Models > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Avions > Modèles réduits > Guides, manuels, etc.
Airplanes > Models
Remote control
Handbook
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • About the Author
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Get Your Stuff
  • Introducing the Flack
  • Parts and Materials
  • Flight Simulator Controller
  • Radios
  • Motors
  • Batteries
  • Battery Connectors
  • Chargers and Power Supplies
  • Power Supplies
  • Servos
  • Airframe Materials
  • Tape
  • Cable Ties/Zip Ties
  • Conclusion
  • 2 What Do All the Parts Do?
  • The Flight Cycle of a Flack
  • The Pilot
  • The Builder
  • The Airframe
  • The Wing
  • The Elevons
  • The Stabilizers
  • The Deck
  • The Transmitter
  • How the Transmitter Works
  • How to Control the Sticks
  • Mixing
  • Throttle
  • Rudder or Yaw Control
  • Trim Tabs
  • Rechargeable Batteries
  • The Receiver
  • How Servos Get Information
  • What the Radio Channels Do
  • Channel 1
  • Channel 2
  • Channel 3
  • Electronic Speed Control and the Battery Eliminator Circuit
  • Power Limitations of ESC and BEC
  • The Flight Battery
  • The Motor
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Building the Deck
  • Tools and Supplies
  • Charge Your Battery
  • The Deck
  • Fabricate the Deck
  • Attach Servos
  • Create the Motor Mount
  • Mount Propeller
  • Attach the Motor Mount to the Deck
  • Solder the Speed Control
  • Power Up the Airplane
  • Powering Down the Airplane
  • Securing Parts to the Deck
  • Conclusion
  • 4 The Airframe of the Flack
  • The Airframe
  • Attaching the Control Rods to the Elevons
  • Attaching the Deck
  • Centering Controls
  • Establish Elevon Trim
  • Final Cleanup
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Learning to Fly One Crash at a Time: The Splinter Method
  • Safety
  • The Cone of Crashing Potential
  • Trim
  • Adjusting Trim
  • Flight Simulator Setup and Training
  • Incrementally Learning to Fly
  • Get a Helper/Partner/Friend to Help Out
  • Control Sensitivity
  • Crashes
  • Task 0: Approach the Field Ready to Fly
  • Task 1: Launching without Power.
  • Task 2: RC on Launch to Landing, No Power
  • Task 3: RC on Launch and Landing, Low Power, Cut Throttle
  • Task 4: RC on Launch and Landing, Increasing Power
  • Task 5: Turning
  • The Wind
  • Overall Good Strategies for Learning to Fly
  • Skill Building
  • Precision Landing
  • Hit the Balloon
  • Fly in Stressful Situations
  • Aerobatics
  • Conclusion
  • 6 Keeping You and Your Airplane Alive: Diagnostics and Repair
  • Preflight Checklists of Use
  • The Brief Preflight in 3 Seconds: Servos, Up, Down, Left, Right, Power, Launch
  • More Complete Checklist for Aircraft of Questionable Integrity
  • Crash Kit
  • Basic Crash Kit
  • More Complete Crash Kit
  • Kinds of Repairs
  • The Big-Crash Postflight Inspection
  • More Specific Fixes
  • Completely Dead Airplane
  • Completely Dead Airplane: Rebind the Receiver
  • Completely Dead Airplane: ESC Not Sending Power to the Receiver
  • Completely Dead Airplane: Receiver/Servo
  • Completely Dead Airplane: Transmitter
  • Water Immersion
  • Servos Operate But Motor Does Not
  • Evaluating Motor Damage
  • Symptom: Motor Has Weak Thrust
  • Motor Vibrates
  • Motor Gets Very Hot
  • Motor Doesn't Work at All
  • Battery Damage
  • Highly Suspect Battery
  • Check Battery Pack
  • Battery Disposal
  • Servo Damage
  • Servo Not Moving
  • Servo Arms Are No Longer Vertical When Trim Tabs Are Centered
  • Busted Servo Arm
  • Broken Propeller
  • Kinds of Prop Damage
  • Flutter
  • Poor Radio Connection
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Make Your Plane Look Good for Day Flying
  • General Considerations to Keep in Mind
  • Examples
  • Mouse: Avery Stick-on Labels and Sharpies
  • Purple Monster: Wrapping Paper
  • Big Pink Angst: Fresnel-Lens Plastic
  • Silver Shark: Plastic Film 2
  • Brooklyn Aerodrome Orange Plane (BAOP) Paint on Foam
  • Blue Angel and Others in Printed Tyvek
  • Flying Heart: Sign Vinyl
  • Firefly: Balloon Film
  • Decorating with Tape.
  • Conclusion
  • 8 Make Your Plane Look Good at Night
  • Overall Considerations
  • Major Ways to Illuminate Aircraft
  • Color at Night
  • Electroluminescent Wire
  • How El-Wire Works
  • Powering El-Wire
  • Soldering an Inverter for BEC Power
  • Soldering El-Wire
  • Stripping the El-Wire
  • Soldering the El-Wire to Male Header Pins
  • Simple Decoration
  • LED-Based Approaches
  • Single-Point LEDs
  • Strip LEDs
  • High-Power LEDs and Fiberoptics
  • Other Illumination Options
  • Weight Considerations
  • BEC-Powered Lighting
  • Robustness
  • Conclusion
  • 9 Other Shapes
  • Inorganic Produce
  • Banana
  • Carrot
  • Strawberry
  • Flying Heart
  • SketchUp Is Your Friend
  • Travel Flack
  • Bat
  • Crystal Towel
  • Semi-Circle
  • Manta Ray
  • Design
  • Evolving the Moving Fins
  • The Radio
  • The Build
  • Flying
  • 3D Banana
  • Conclusion
  • 10 Aerodynamics for the Hacker
  • Lift
  • Conditions for Lift: Positive Aerodynamic Angle of Attack and Airflow
  • Lift, Part 1
  • Lift, Part 2
  • Pitch, Roll, and Yaw
  • Center of Gravity (CG)
  • Reflex and Flying Wings
  • Reasoning about Lift
  • Drag
  • Glide Ratio
  • Conclusion
  • 11 Hack the Flack: Make and Fly Your Own Design
  • Getting the Idea
  • Prototyping
  • A Plank
  • Designing and Building a Novel Design
  • Building the Powered Version
  • Scaling Up from the Glider Proof of Concept
  • Structural Considerations
  • Placing Equipment
  • Flight Testing
  • New Shapes by Morphing Old Ones
  • Incremental Refinement
  • Conclusion
  • 12 Simulators, Autopilots, Video, and Buddy Boxing
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flying Model Simulator (FMS)
  • CRRCsim
  • Autopilots
  • Copilot CPD4
  • Full Autopilot
  • Video from the Air
  • Passive Video
  • First-Person Video (FPV)
  • Buddy Boxing a.k.a. Student Driving for Pilots
  • Hacking the Transmitters for Buddy Boxing
  • Conclusion
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J.
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z.

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