Re: RC helicopter payloads
- From: "Ed Paasch" <bigedmustafa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:04:02 -0500
The president of one of our local flying clubs is involved with an aviation
program at the University of Kansas where they're developing UAV protocal
and methodoligy using the Yamaha RMax platform.
You can see pictures of the 125lb. RMax and get a little more information at
the club website:
http://www.performanceflyers.com
There are pictures of Tom flying the copter inverted, which is pretty gutsy.
I've heard the price tag of an RMax is in excess of $100,000, but I honestly
have no real idea.
<jessecurry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am currently trying to decide if an engineering project that I had in
> mind would be possible to complete in the time that I have.
> I wanted to experiment with creating an unmanned aircraft to deliver a
> payload from point a to point b. Ideally I would need a payload
> capacity of maybe 60 pounds so that I will not need to purchase any
> extra computer hardware and will not have to worry about power supply
> issues. I looked into some commercial platforms such as the
> agricultural models produced by yamaha, but with a price tag of 1.3
> million it's way out of my budget.
> If I can't find something with a high payload capacity I might be able
> to get a laptop or even a gumstix computer and eliminate the need for a
> UPS, and I could also shave weight off with a different camera, but I
> still need a decent resolution and color so that the software I create
> can acquire it's drop off target.
> Is there anything out there that would allow me to carry this much
> weight? Or am I going to have to buy new hardware to shave off as much
> as possible?
> This project is more a proof of concept and a personal exercise than
> something that I will be receiving credit for, but I am very interested
> in making it work.
> Also, what is the typical range for an RC helicopter? And what is the
> maximum altitude? Would expecting 15 miles at 200-300 feet be too much?
> I am currently just working on taking off, visually locating a target,
> and flying to that target. I want to be able to fly at an altitude
> where obstacle avoidance doesn't come into play.
>
> thanks for all the help, I've been googling like crazy with now answers
> in sight
>
.
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