Here's a recent test of a little cyclorotor that I've been working on for the last 6 months or so. Most of it is 3D printed, and the airfoils are made out of XPS insulation foam in order to keep the weight and centrifugal forces down. It got up to 140g thrust a week or two ago before it flew apart (with a weight of 122g). This is the first time powering it up since then because I had to replace a lot of parts.
I am just about ready to put two rotors together to make a cyclocopter and try to make it fly, but first I need to iron out a few bugs and figure out some transmission problems. Ex. I had to stop the test when I did because the driver pulley was slipping on the motor shaft and was about to fly off.
Specs:
140mm diameter
150mm wingspan
NACA 0020 airfoil with a 45mm chord
2008 1250kv motor
4:1 GT2 belt driven gear ratio
Similar version achieved ~140g thrust on 3s before it flew apart (roughly 60-70% throttle)
122g current weight
If you want to contact me, email me at JudeSchauerYT@gmail.com
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