Sunday, March 31, 2024

Homebuilt Helo #31


Here's an overview, and I've removed the lower trim as I'm unconvinced it's necessary.

Reviewing progress, this airframe prior to fitting out weighs thirteen pounds or 5.90kg.

By the time you add batteries (6.20kg), motors (2.60kg) and ESCs (0.90kg) at thirty-five pounds (15.60kg) it is only fractionally lighter than the last prototype, which featured a quad overhead and another at ground level.

Nonetheless with the kit-build market in view I do believe this is the most practical of the many previous layouts that we've built and flight-tested.