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By Jean-Louis Naudin
2) Construction material
- a 3 mm thick styrofoam sheet XPS (Depron, Gediplac, Ectrupor),
- some 1 mm diameter carbon rods,
- a brand new cutter,
- To glue the different parts, I recommend you to use UHU Por or special foam Cyanoacrylate
(CA) glue.
3) Construction
All CES parts must be cut in the styrofoam with a brand new cutter and with a low angle of
cut.
And to avoid cracks on the curved surface they are rolled as the method shown below:
Then the petals are glued carefully on the main saucer frame:
For a better control efficiency, they must be straight and flat and not curved as shown in the
photo above.
The brushless motor is fixed on the top of the cupola via an epoxy disc:
See below:
The Coanda Effect Saucer has been tested successfully in flight with a:
The propeller is a Graupner ECO CAM PROP 10/6" ( 25/15 cm ) ref : 2941.25.15
- Use full charged Lipo battery, I use 3S1P (11.1v) 1500 mAh Lipo rated for 25-35 C.
- For your first try, you must have no wind a very light wind (< 5km/h) conditions.
- Put the throttle as fast as possible to the max power so as to overcome quickly the ground
effect.
- Then, at about 1m50 above the ground, you may set the throttle to the hover value (middle
power) and enjoy yourself to pilot your flying saucer…
Some videos of the Coanda Effect Saucer flights demo can be seen at:
http://vimeo.com/17485982
http://vimeo.com/17523719
http://vimeo.com/16811303
http://vimeo.com/16811511
FYI: I am building now a new CES version with a 9DOF IMU (ArduPilot+V2 and a HMC5843
magnetometer + GPS) for a full 3D stabilization and autonomous flight… Stay tuned…
Best Regards,
Jean-Louis Naudin
http://diydrones.com/profile/JeanLouisNaudin
The Coanda Effect Saucer is based on the work of Henri-Marie Coanda, Viktor Schauberger and Geoff Hatton.
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