Carbonsail Ornithopter 1.3 m version. Broke on second flight, still need to repair have not flown it since. There is no flight simulator for these that I’m aware of so it is…toss in the air and learn how to fly!
Yeah and it wasn’t cheap 😖 structural failure at the hinge. There’s just so much stress, I’m going to try to re-engineer it and see if I can get it any better 🤷♂️
Yes sir! 😁 running it off of a spektrum DX9. Using a large low kv airplane motor and two servos to control the tail. Maiden flight went OK second flight crashed 😂 you just have to throw it and learn to fly 😳
Throw and learn? Oh boy maybe I'll just stick to Buffalo WINGS 😁. Looks really cool though, might be fun to chase with a quad. Greetings from Long Island ✌💛😁 ~paul~
Hi Paul, this was a crash and burn learning session 😂 The only experience I have with these birds are free flight models that I have built. So I understand how they fly but making them go where you want to go is another story 😉 on another note I recently just discovered your channel and subscribed. You have a fun personality and that makes for great content 😁👏 greetings from Your neighbor in Massachusetts 🤝
Wow ! quick progress from rubber band powered one to 1.3 m 👍. Is it scratch built or Kinkade's kit. Looks like Kinkade's design at least. Regarding flying it is easiest aircraft (bird) to fly. Correct CG position and tail angle and just turn it left or right, altitude by throttle, never use elevator in flight. Because I started my modelling with ornithopters now is difficult to reprogram my oldish brain for 3 axis airplanes. BTW that rotary tail is very inefficient especially in wind. Proven one in my experience is inverted V tail elevon type. When I switched from rotary tail to elevon on my second ornithopter I feel big difference. Now I use inverted V elevon tail only.
Hi John, I’m learning the hard way 😆 The bird is from carbon sail , They are in Singapore I think? Not cheap and broke on the second flight. You are so correct about the tail! Barely any control at all. I have to order some parts and do some re-engineering. I love flying fixed wing, probably just as much as I love flying quad rotors. Ornithopters are mechanical art, engineering where we can see the moving parts and it flies! 🙏😳👍👍
