Paul René Jørgensen

As I wrote earlier; The customer support from Infinity Hobby is excellent, and I received my Gaui 330X the same day as I wrote the previous post. Took me 3 hours to finish the build and this is the first video I’ve shoot using the GoPro HD cam and the 330X.

Aerial photography (AP) from radio controlled (RC) airplanes is one of my hobbies and I always seek to increase my toolbox and expand my operating radius. The other day I was browsing the shelfs at my local hardware store when I walked past this UHF antenna.

It immediately catched my eye and my brain started visualizing a how this pile of aluminum pieces could fit together creating a airplane. It was constructed from 2 long square tubed aluminum rods joined by a bracket. It would greatly simplify transportation if I could detach the 2 rods when driving to and from locations.

I did not use all the parts from the antenna as I needed only 2 “cross over” bars to work as a base to put the wing on. I could even remove the metal parts of them and leave only the black plastic pieces, but as I’ve overpowered this plane I ain’t too afraid of a little excess weight.

I removed the electronics from the connection box and fastened a carbon fiber landing gear. I can now easily fasten it to the aluminum rod and move it forward or backward depending on my load. Putting everything together from the antenna and landing gear I get this.

I then started on the elevator and rudder construction. I scaled the template for the Beasts/Solution (by Mike “Power”) to about 70% and dropped the carbon reinforcements on the lower side (I had no space for this).

Remaining work included assembling all the parts together, wire up the electronics and create a engine mount. I also had to add the servos for the elevator and rudder and cut a wing from a piece of EPS foam. If anyone is interested in how to cut their own foam wings please let me know, and I’ll consider doing a tutorial on it.

The finished plane with battery and receiver looks like this..

She had her first flight on 22. May, 2008 and it flew perfectly after some minor adjustments of the ESC and radio antenna mounts.