X37B X-37ABC Remote Controlled Aka X-37B-You-Live-You-Learn RC X-37B
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X37B X-37ABC Remote Controlled Aka X-37B-You-Live-You-Learn RC X-37B
I must admit rather than been a traditional "Instructables", this is more a personal obsession.
I hope the Instructables community will excuse my: "You live, you learn", that sounds like a title of a James Bond's movie. :-)
I've started this project 3 years ago (Ok, I have to say that I have also a full time job that keeps me extremely busy).
I've built 9 prototypes of the X-37B and I was able to fly the 4th version (using a V939 quadcopter) and the last one I made (which is a glider).
I've built so many prototypes that I came to the conclusion this unmanned drone, flies in a very mysterious way, because my models don't (at least keeping the same design).
Plans and Pizza Tray
Buy your favorite pizza at the local supermarket and you'll have a 3mm foam board included in the price.
Print my plans (adding 10%) and place the A4 on the polystyrene pizza tray.
Using (very carefully) an utility knife, cut the parts of the X-37ABC you live, you learn.
Using UHU Por (Foam Friendly), assemble all the parts.
AUW 18.8g
Electronics
Using the set up of my V.E.P. Very Easy Plane, you can control the X-37ABC using a Flysky FS-T6, a F939 pcb and a very small Lipo battery.
http://www.banggood.com/WLtoys-F929-F939-12-Receiv...
Testing It...
I've successfully done a drop test (on a budget), inspired by the Yotuber Rctestflight.
My X-37ABC glides beautifully. You just need 10 metres of free-diving to gain enough airspeed.