James Audsley

Hi guys, thanks for your input, I should clarify that I'm an engineering apprentice who wants a hobby I have a working and mathematical knowledge of flight dynamics and I have actually designed and built a quad-tilt rotor for a college project. My lecturer said it would never fly, I flew it past his window :') But really, all I want is a quadcopter style craft. Given the complexity of control via moving the fans in two axis each, perhaps the fore fans could handle forward/ reverse acceleration, while the aft fans control left and right, given their distance from the fore fans it should give me a nice turning moment. As for the rx and tx im on a budget, I can get a high tec optic 6 tx for ?90. Im aware of edfs relative inefficiency versus props but they do grant the opportunity to mount a convergent duct on each exhaust for more thrust. Typed this on my mobile, more substantial reply due later on

Hi there, I'm putting together a new project and I'd like some help from you guys about its feasibility. ​The aircraft will feature 4 64mm EDF's, 2 mounted fore, and 2 aft. Remember the big gunship from Avatar? It's akin to that.Just a preliminary sketch at the minute, but I am really keen to build this myself. Some questions I have are: 1. Will it work? :P 2. battery size? 3. I'm limited to 6 channels, what should I use them for besides the obvious? 4. Is it wise to use servos to control the direction of thrust from the engines? Any suggestions/comments please voice them, my girlfriend is doubtful that this will work. Planning on using gyro's and possibly airbrakes. Let me know what you think