By now most of us know Planeprint and Eclipson but I just found a 3rd option for highly vetted & detailed 3D printed aircraft files in a payware option.
Flightory offers several UAV / FPV dedicated options including the stingray shown in the picture above, a flying wing with an intergraded quad copter VTOL option.
Check it out in action:
There YouTube channel has a good collection of how 2 and demo videos
Looks like a very good practice when building up a Amphenol or Sub-D style connector
This video shows how to use a 2D layout, Geometric relationships and Excel to calculate the Center of Gravity CG and the Mean Aerodynamic Chord M.A.C. for a flying wing / Delta wing aircraft.
I’ve been a long time believer in RC aircraft being the most practical & cost effective entry point into Aviation. One of the best aviation YouTube channels I watch regularly is Trent Palmer, a proffecional cinema drone pilot who fly’s a Kit Fox Bush plane in Nevada as one of his hobbies along with collaborations with other Aviation YouTube Channels. In this video He goes over how his start into aviation was RC planes while at the Flite Test HQ in Ohio and how flying RC can make you a better full scale pilot.
The Jetson One Manned Multi Rotor (X8 configuration) looks like one of the more likely multi rotors to go mainstream in the new market of manned aviation. Electric flight propulsion favors smaller & lighter platforms. Each new jump in battery technology will only make it better.
Learn more about the company at:
Company web site: https://www.jetsonaero.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jetsonaero
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jetsonaero/
This months video share is from Trent Palmer’s YouTube Channel.
Conventional gimbal systems for selfie sticks don’t do too well with the 50 mph + range of a bush plane, Trent used his DJI Inspire with the props off strapped to the lift struts of his KitFox to utilize the Inspires camera & gimbal system that can handle the air speed on a bush plane platform.
I would highly recommend Trent’s channel, it has some of the highest quality & most compelling Aviation content on YouTube.
While its not a huge market this looks like an excellent entrepreneurial endeavor to create a gimbal system rated for general aviation aircraft at GoPro level prices serving the market between the weaker systems and the ultra high cost cinematography systems.
This months video share is brought to you by Joey’s Kordare YouTube Channel.
At 22 he bought rural land in Pennsylvania and just 2 years later at 24 he built a car enthusiast man cave setup. I found this to be a very inspirational video for anyone who is into Car’s, Airplanes, out door toys in general and wants a place to work on them & use them.
You can also check out his:
https://www.facebook.com/kordare
To learn even more about man caves & construction audio books, Audible is a great option. For my daily commute I listen to 1 – 2 audio books per month. Audible has coverage for all kinds of topics.
Quite the different video this month, Flite Test had coverage of the first manned acrobatic intent multi rotor created by the Drone Champions League
Check out the Flite Test YouTube Channel And Flite Test web page
Check out the Drone Champions League “DCL” YouTube Channel And Drone Champions League web page
DCL offers a video game / simulator that can be played on:
very cool video of a 777 flying from Europe to the middle east as a time lapse under 4 mins.
This video comes from the Guillaume Laffon YouTube Channel.
He has a variety of 4K 777 cockpit videos, worth checking out.
This one’s the longest video I’ve shared so far, I found it fascinating.
James May from Top Gear has quite a bit of YouTube Content, This video came up on my suggested feed.
Check out his channel called Reel Truth Science Documentaries
The shielding & cradle mechanism / structure to support the fragile balsa glider under a helicopter was truly impressive.
The autopilot board looks like an APM 2.8
Gould Aero 