...Version 2, electric photo plane.......

..various details..

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..The plane uses an inverted Vee-tail..

The servo for each surface lies flat on the bottom of the wing inboard of the boom. The .055 wire pushrod runs thru the center of the 5/16" OD fiber-glass boom, and exits the end of the boom. It's bent back to pick up the horn. So far it works well.

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..The CANON ELPH LT camera..

The camera is mounted (in this photo) to look downwards at 45 degrees. The shutter is actuated by a CS-11 servo attached to a nose-gear steering arm on the end (other side of the ply) of the shutter pushrod. The camera has been remounted to look down 10 degrees for a more pleasing picture composition.

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..The camera plane in flight..

The plane flies quite well, better than the pusher vee-tail with the same wing.

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..Air-to-ground...

.Sparky flying on the San Andreas Fault, just behind his home It will be a mere 1/2 mile to the beach when the fault goes... Straight down, but it will be close! Photo taken with AIPTEK megaMini-PenCam..

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..Layout with the mailing tube fuselage...

.After the Electra wing collapsed in the air.. making a new airframe using an Eclipse wing.. same inverted vee-tail, motor, camera etc..

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The pushrods to the surfaces are centered in the arrow-shafts with short pieces of yellow Nyrod, to keep the metal-to-metal contact at a minimum, and any whipping under compression will be controlled.. The pushrod comes out the end of the arrow and bends back towards the horn and the E-Z connector..

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..Camera carriers....

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