EPO molded ritewing zephyr

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Price looks to be $130 USD

Just released

RCGroups thread on it http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1525711

Video

[b]What i would like is an indication of how much interest there is[/b]

this would have to be the easiest rite-wing to build, molded out of EPO foam, with pre-moulded bays, just install gear, hit with some spray paint, and cover in laminating film.

the one in the vid had a top speed of about 75mph on cheapish gear, running a 3S 5000 lipo, and over 25 minutes flying time.

Its a blunt nose with a moulded area for the camera

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September24th get together at Hamilton

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Thanks to Pete K, a quick little get-together on the park at the backof his house

A great collection of multis, running Ardupilot and copter-control Flight Controllers

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Copter Control Pre-order

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Shop Site

Expressions of interest please, a new batch is due soon !

New Zealand / Australia / South Pacific only please

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Vtail Y6

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

a quick rebuild of the Vtail Hex results in the Vtail Y6

The Vtail Y6 combines the flying style of a tricopter , with the lifting capacity of a Y6, in a compact and robust packet – this one will be available to order

Perfect for Aerial Photgraphy (AP) and First Person View (FPV), the camera mounts just behind the landing gear, for mechanical protection, and an unobstructed forward/down view.

here is a video of the first testflight

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Vtail Hex ! latest from the design dept

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

More details to follow when shes sorted, but 1300 gram dry and 7 kg thrust !

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Copter Control Pre-order

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

I have a few of these great flight controllers due 5th of August 2011
[img]http://www.openpilot.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coptercontrol.jpg[/img]

Read all about them here http://www.openpilot.org/products/openpilot-coptercontrol-platform/

And pre-order them here http://shop.kiwirc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=26

We have doen some of the custom mixer development on theses, and have available the settings for the Vtail Quad and Vtail Octo platforms

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Photodrones new quad

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mathew Wellington

Here is Tim test flying his new quad.

Custom KiwiRC frame, ardupilot controller runing the NG527 code, with magnetometer and GPS
Batteries are 4S 5300 mah, and weight with two cameras on-board is 2.4 kg
flight time 9 minutes with a 20% safety margin