Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Homebuilt Helo #20


And this is how it should look once it's all logo'd up.

I'm unconvinced it needs a base besides corner brackets and an open framework, and it may yet trend that way as we scale to full size.

For now it does leave room for hand luggage, which in this case is stored beneath your own seat rather than the one in front.

I've not bothered to match the uprights, as it involves too much paint if black and not white tubes are used (whilst this here was made with leftovers).

For past prototypes I built the drone first and adapted a box afterward, and it's right that we've started out here with the human frame and adapted an airframe to suit. 

We've a drone to build now and then ~ should it prove necessary ~ an undercarriage.

(The last prototype flying with the same power weighed 17.50 kilos, whilst this module adds just 4.20 kilos toward the next.)