Realise the second prototype (to be dedicated to hover) has uPVC skids that look too flexible altogether at the back-end, unlike their timber counterparts on #001.
They look to need stiffening with struts, and at first I was afraid ~ I was petrified ~ but now I hold my head up high recalling how the prototype Hawker Hurricane and Me-109 needed struts at the tail-end too!
To do this I've a couple of old fibreglass tubes which I've cut down to 350mm, and afterward squirted filler in either end to provide purchase for a pair of wood-screws.
One thing I've learned as I've got older is firstly always to use sun-screen, but also to avoid nuts and bolts wherever a simple screw will do.
The problem with droopy members is they'll sag in the hover, springing upward if submerged.
Nonetheless a search on that term at sharing site YouTube has put me in touch with a Dr. Nora Hayes, who says she can fix anything for just $300 per hour.
Great... and who knew an MD would be interested in maritime drones too!
If anyone is interested in an annual strut-meet where surviving Hurricanes and Me 109s are flown in for me to try out while owners get to sit in my drone, contact me.
