Blade Inductrix V-22 Osprey

 Blade Inductrix V-22 Osprey

Inductrix Review

The Blade Inductrix is a popular micro drone, which is perfect for flying indoors. It has been reviewed previously on a Flite Test video demonstrating the many games and uses this micro drone can accomplish. This drone has been proven to be extremely fun and easy to fly for a beginner and a veteran pilot. It comes with a safe mode and comes from a reputable company that is known for helicopters and drones that are great. The Inductrix is extremely durable and can survive the punishment of a novice pilot. It also is small making it manageable in even the smallest of spaces. Also it can be modified for FPV use and frame changes.

Introduction

This DIY article will have instructions on how to create a CV-22 and a MV-22 profile frame that provides a great visual appearance for the Inductrix. It doesn’t just make the quadcopter look better but it provides character and is just extremely cool. I suggest that if you think that this looks great then you should download the plans and purchase the Blade Inductrix. It provides a scale feeling while flying. The Inductrix has plenty of modifications and this one truly stands out giving it a different look. This article’s instructions work for the CV-22 and the MV-22 since they are very similar.

V-22 Osprey

The V-22 osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft built by Bell Boeing. Riddled with flaws in it 's development stages Bell Boeing improved the revolutionary VTOL aircraft and develeped the V-22 osprey we know today. Currently the U.S. Marines Corps are the number one operator of the V-22 using the MV-22. While the U.S. Air Force uses the CV-22 for special force operations. 

DIY

CV-22

MV-22

The files above are simple word documents that can be printed out in just one page. Since The V-22 Osprey does not have much color on it you can manage printing it out if you don’t have a color printer. However I suggest that you use a color printer if you have one. 

What’s Needed?

1. The first step to building the frame is to download the files and hit print.

 You will notice it has two ospreys that are facing are facing opposite directions; these are the sides and the plans. 

2. Cut out the two osprey sides by simply cutting an oval around the image.

I do not suggest skipping this step since it makes it much easier to cut out the image. 

3. The next step is to cut around the perimeter of the image. It is very important to take your time. This may take you 20 minuets for both sides if you are being extra carful.

I suggest cutting off any minute detail since you cannot cut it out on the foam board. 

4. Once you have cut out both images and have done any necessary repair you can now flip over any side and use it to trace over onto foam board. Make sure the paper side is pointing up.

I suggest never taking your finger off the image since you do not want to move it around while you trace it. A way to make it easier is to print out a second set of plans and cut one of the images out and then tape it onto the foam board. Do not do this with your actual set of sides. Then trace around it and tear it off. Do not worry about it tearing the paper since it will be removed later. 

5. Now that you have it traced onto the foam board take your exacto knife and slowly poke around the outline you have made.

You can lightly poke around the fine details and normaly cut around the less detailed areas. It is simply just cutting it out. 

6. Then take the paper of the foam board just leaving the foam.

 Lightly sand areas that you feel need sanding.

7. Take a few tooth picks and cut them to a proper size and press them down onto the areas that are weak. This makes a grove for them. I suggest that you do this on the vertical stabilizer and the propellers. Once the groves are made use a glue stick or a tiny amount of Elmer’s white glue and apply it to the grove and the toothpicks. Then place the tooth picks into the groves. This makes the frame much more ridged.

8. Take any of the sides and glue it with the glue sticks to the foam board. Then smooth the side out and repeat this on the other side.

9. Now take a normal sized paper clip and bend one half up and then out as seen.

10. Poke a hole through the frame to allow the paper clip to pass through as seen in the images. Have it a bit further in the back to keep a balanced center of gravity. However it can be trimmed out. Then take a tooth pick and push it into the tip of a hot glue gun until a small amount off hot glue is on it then push the tip of the tooth pick into the hole that you have made earlier and pull it out leaving a tiny bit off hot glue inside the hole to keep a nice surface that the paper clip can pass through and not move around much. Take the top of the Inductrix off. Then take the bottom of the paper clip and glue it to the center.

keep in mind where the front is. Do not glue the antenna to the board. This is not permanent or harmful hot glue comes clean off the control board and even comes off in hard crashes. 

Flight Characteristics

This is a very simple build that any one can do in less then an hour. The flight characteristics do not change much but keep in mind that if you notice a violent vibration then reposition the frame to make it tight or bend the paper clip's top wire down to a slight angel to make it tighter so it wont vibrate. The vibrations confuse the gyros and make it crash. It fly’s very well and is similar to one without the frame it can do all of the maneuvers that any Inductrix can do and the frame hardly effects the flight time. 

What’s Next!

Please comment on what you want to see next. Currently I'm making a 1/48 scale CV-22 bicopter and other frames for the Inductrix! Comment and build, it's easy!