Hey all,
I’m a California-based inventor and product development engineer who is between gigs at the moment, and is looking to invest some time in designing a FPV racing platform that I think is going to be really fun, I could use some advice before I start some first prototypes….
The concept is a simple catapult-launched park flyer. Not So big and fast that it can’t easily stay within the borders of a football field… but big enough to competently carry a DJI air unit.
The desire is to allow a fewbuddies to set up their planes in simple rail launchers, get seated in their goggles, and then simultaneously launch themselves and have a race…. Maybe pylon racing around a football field, maybe with some gate’s in between.
It might perhaps be useful to share this:
That was a FPV racing league that got started just before Covid hit… but I took one look at that and thought: “those planes are way too fast / big for the venue.” If there was a “class” kind of standard that limited the motor size etc… much like many racing disciplines impose…. And slowed those craft down…. Then doing fixed wing racing might be a very tenable proposition.
I have a concept for a simple launcher, but part of the trick to making the launcher simple is that the planes are going to be TWINS…
So, here is my question:
If you were to make an park-flyer twin like this, to fulfill this particular mission, what motor and prop combination would you recommend?
I want these things to be powerful enough to carry the FPV gear, but also not so over-powered that they are scary or dangerous to bystanders in the area, like the wings in the above video were. Bigger props turning slower to reduce noise might also be a plus…
thoughts? Thanks in advance!
I’m a California-based inventor and product development engineer who is between gigs at the moment, and is looking to invest some time in designing a FPV racing platform that I think is going to be really fun, I could use some advice before I start some first prototypes….
The concept is a simple catapult-launched park flyer. Not So big and fast that it can’t easily stay within the borders of a football field… but big enough to competently carry a DJI air unit.
The desire is to allow a fewbuddies to set up their planes in simple rail launchers, get seated in their goggles, and then simultaneously launch themselves and have a race…. Maybe pylon racing around a football field, maybe with some gate’s in between.
It might perhaps be useful to share this:
That was a FPV racing league that got started just before Covid hit… but I took one look at that and thought: “those planes are way too fast / big for the venue.” If there was a “class” kind of standard that limited the motor size etc… much like many racing disciplines impose…. And slowed those craft down…. Then doing fixed wing racing might be a very tenable proposition.
I have a concept for a simple launcher, but part of the trick to making the launcher simple is that the planes are going to be TWINS…
So, here is my question:
If you were to make an park-flyer twin like this, to fulfill this particular mission, what motor and prop combination would you recommend?
I want these things to be powerful enough to carry the FPV gear, but also not so over-powered that they are scary or dangerous to bystanders in the area, like the wings in the above video were. Bigger props turning slower to reduce noise might also be a plus…
thoughts? Thanks in advance!