DIY Tigrish FPV Project !

by val0production | December 29, 2013 | (10) Posted in Projects

Hey it's me Val0modelisme ! The French Man ! and today i want to present you my new FPV project : The Tigrish !

 

 

I created the Tigrish for to fly slow and stable with HD Cam !

 




Specifications :

Wingspan : 1260mm

Lenght : 1030mm

Weight : 990grs Ready to Fly with FPV system !

Clark Y profil and double dihedral

Full Depron (3 & 6mm Foam)

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment :

Motor : Turnigy Aerodrive D2830 1000kv

ESC : Turnigy Plush 30A 

Lipo : Turnigy 20C 3s 1300mAh ------> autonomy = 8min       ;    but it can fly easy with 2600mAh !

Servos : 2x HTX900 9grs

Receiver : 2.4Ghz HK 6Ch

 

 

 

FPV Equipment :

Tx : 900MHz 800mW

Camera : PAL Cam

Antenna : ''IBCrazy BlueBeam'' or ''rubber duck''

HD Recorder : GoPro Hero 3 Silver

 

 

 

France     Haute-Savoie    Alpes

 

 

 Evian factory {water}

 

 

If you want see the flight : Watch from half of the video

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

fl_rider on December 29, 2013
Cool plane!! The countryside is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Chris
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val0production on December 29, 2013
Thanks !
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alibopo on December 31, 2013
Tres bon - nice design! Very stable flight video - so clearly a success.

Observations... I notice you have not inclined the motor to change the thrust angle. My build of the "Smash Drone", a similar foam board pusher design by Cstence, flew MUCH better after I changed the thrust angle. Before the change - when I applied throttle the plane went 'dead' and was reluctant to climb. After the change - the plane was much more responsive and flew very freely. I'm sure the flight times were better as well.

See my logic in these articles;

http://www.flitetest.com/articles/find-your-centre-of-gravity
(At the end you will see the Smash Drone and how I decided on a new thrust angle.)
http://www.flitetest.com/articles/yes-it-s-a-smash-drone
(Explanation of changes , plus before and after video showing modifications to design and performance improvements.)

On your plane I would find the TRUE CG and then direct the motor thrust through a point a little above it (1-1.5cm?) - to allow some of the thrust to counter the additional drag force that comes from the wing when the throttle is increased. I think you can change the thrust angle easily with a few washers under the bottom two mounting arms on the motor. JUST a suggestion though :)

Can I ask what your AUW is with the 1300mah & 2600 (2x1300?)mah battery?

Cheers, alibopo.
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val0production on December 31, 2013
Thanks !
I know for the thrust angle it's not good...
Thanks for the advice !
But i don't understand : What is the ''AUW'' I don't know this word in english xD ?!

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alibopo on December 31, 2013
Hi - apologies for the confusion.

The - AUW - stands for "All Up Weight". What does the plane weigh (grammes) when it is ready for flight with a full payload of batteries, camera and FPV gear?

It would help me compare it to my Smash Drone - 950 gm (with 2000mah LiPo)

Thanks, good flying :)
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val0production on December 31, 2013
Ah ok, yes it's 990grs ready to fly with all FPV system !!! (With 3s 1300mAh ---> 10min of flight today !)


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ankit dhama on January 13, 2014
Great job nice and which cam you using what is prize of the cam and great going keep it up
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ankit dhama on January 13, 2014
Hey and which material you use for wings
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val0production on January 13, 2014
fpv cam ?! ---> it's a basic from HobbyKing (~16$) {1/3-inch CCD Camera PAL 520TVL}, the quality is pretty bad for details but for begin it's good...

For the wing i use just 3mm Foam (Depron)...
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ankit dhama on January 14, 2014
Oh nice hey I make a plane same moter that you have I am new in hobby what should do starting hand throw or by wheels my starting hand throw goes wrong tel me some tips so it go on air up them I can control please
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val0production on January 14, 2014
Euhh i don't ready know if i don't have picture...
i think is better to ask on the forum of Flitetest...
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giokat on January 15, 2014
Beautiful plane, and beautiful places!
What place in France is that? I visited France some years ago, but just Paris and Loire (Amboise).....
Cheers
Giorgio

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val0production on January 15, 2014
Thanks !
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Captain Crash on January 22, 2014
i love this idea but i don't understand french
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ooboob on February 2, 2014
Hi,
I'm happy to join your community. This is a great plane so I am wondering if any pdf plans are available.
Sorry if I missed out links that might have been posted in that regard :)
Cheers !
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val0production on February 2, 2014
Hi thanks !!!
For now i don't have the time for draw the plan but i think it's for soon !

val0
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nickw on August 27, 2015
When will plans be available? I really like your plans.
Thank you in advance for your reply.
Frank
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DIY Tigrish FPV Project !