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This past weekend I was flying the MInier Guinea and mid flight I decided it was time to move the electronics to a normal size MIni Guinea. So as any of us would do, I leveled out about 20ft off the ground, went full throttle and after about 20yards I pull the stick back to a full up pitch...SNAP the wing folded and it spiralled like a perfectly thrown football for another 30 yards before hitting the ground. I had only used foam for the wing spar in the Minier due to time and not wanting a thick heavy wood spar in the smaller wing.
Yesterday I began cutting foam on my iNav Mini Guinea. 100% Mini Guinea scale and this time I am including the cargo drop. Wing is cut, I still need fire walls for the 4 motor pods, buddy is 3D printing me some, and then I need to cut down a Lowes yard stick to make a good wooden spar.
I got the fuselage mostly cut out and glued together, just needs the tails and tail servos now. I built an internal cargo bay to keep stuff from floating forward into the nose or back into the tail. Then I rigger up a servo to open and close the door. I had to add wiring to the F411-Wing FC to get the 5th servo output, but got it working great!
Side by side fuselage comparison of the Minier and Mini Guineas
This is how I put the servo in to control the cargo door.
Cargo door operation, I have no servo speed control for door down, but slowed for return to closed.
This was a quick drop of a few tiny paratroopers
Yesterday I began cutting foam on my iNav Mini Guinea. 100% Mini Guinea scale and this time I am including the cargo drop. Wing is cut, I still need fire walls for the 4 motor pods, buddy is 3D printing me some, and then I need to cut down a Lowes yard stick to make a good wooden spar.
I got the fuselage mostly cut out and glued together, just needs the tails and tail servos now. I built an internal cargo bay to keep stuff from floating forward into the nose or back into the tail. Then I rigger up a servo to open and close the door. I had to add wiring to the F411-Wing FC to get the 5th servo output, but got it working great!
Side by side fuselage comparison of the Minier and Mini Guineas
This is how I put the servo in to control the cargo door.
Cargo door operation, I have no servo speed control for door down, but slowed for return to closed.
This was a quick drop of a few tiny paratroopers