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Sure, there is a small inexpensive servo, I think a 9 gram which pulls a pin through holes drilled in 3 pieces of wood. two on one side of the release point, and the other on the other side. the two on one side is to keep the pin aligned with the 3rd when the servo goes back the other way so it can reset without jamming. the pin is horizontal. that is on the space plane, built into the upper fuselage at the CG. there are two holes drilled in the mother ship bottom fuselage. a zip tie is placed around the pin in the space plane and cinched up through the holes in the mother ship to tighten slightly and hold securely. then the servo is actuated to release. The design for the release is in the plans for the Future Star space plane.

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Not using one. I'm using Mavlink telemetry, which gives me full HUD, Customizable instrumentation, screen and audio alerts, and lets me give Mavlink commands. Just need a telemetry radio such as the holybro 433mhz 500mw SIK style radio V2, combined with a VAS diamond directional antenna on a pole. gives about 12-20km of telemetry and about 5-10km of commands in my RF environment, which is neither great nor poor.

Info regarding finished aircraft is on our website. we have one in stock at the moment, and can build larger Gemini V-2 airframes as well, to order with 4-6 week lead times. Links to our site are in the description of every video.

@@FPVREVIEWS 0k thanks very much for your kind reply I will be in touch very soon, I've only just recently found your amazing channel , and am already checking out the Gemini V-2 Which I think is another fantastic plane, yesterday I was going through your how to build it help vids, you make it look so easy well done. and I already did find a guide price of the maxwell s2. on you're website thanks, I am trying to produce a search and rescue plane that can drop a small inflatable life raft (pay load wait of 10 kilos ) to someone that needs help out at sea, the plane needs a 50km out and back search range, after going through many of your very good helpful vids including the bigger battery build , but sorry I still can not work out if the Gemini V-2 could do it, and if it can how much will it all cost? any way thanks again best wishes Rob london uk

@@FPVREVIEWS 0k thanks very much for your kind reply I will be in touch very soon, I've only just recently found your amazing channel , and am already checking out the Gemini V-2 Which I think is another fantastic plane, yesterday I was going through your how to build it help vids, you make it look so easy well done. and I already did find a guide price of the maxwell s2. on you're website thanks, I am trying to produce a search and rescue plane that can drop a small inflatable life raft (pay load wait of 10 kilos ) to someone that needs help out at sea, the plane needs a 50km out and back search range, after going through many of your very good helpful vids including the bigger battery build , but sorry I still can not work out if the Gemini V-2 could do it.

for that, you would need a much larger airplane. The total gross weight of the Gemini V-2 is about that 10 Kilos. Payload depends on battery, but would be less than half that. I'm not sure what the requirements are, but would it be possible to drop a smaller life raft? or make a lighter one from more sophisticated materials? Also the mission profile.. for instance, does the plane need to search for the target, then drop, or is it responding to a call with position information. If the latter, then it would be need to be distance optimized, with a bias towards speed. assuming that it is for life saving, time would be a priority. Was talking to a major university lately regarding a (perhaps) similar mission profile, using radar to measure glacial ice in Greenland. We were discussing the possibility of scaling up the Gemini V-2 to 150% for their use. @@robertgoldbornatyout

thanks for your kind reply sir about the university sounds good maybe a wise person could kill two birds with one stone , how about could you give me some idea of size of wing area that I would need according to wait of plane make the plane work on 1 battery pack or 2 packs or 4 packs what size motors I would need plus all other electronics and I will make the air frame according to you best guess? other wise its my best guess and I haven't got a clue, thanks for you help, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I'm not sure what the requirements are, but would it be possible to drop a smaller life raft? or make a lighter one from more sophisticated materials? yes it would be, the specs sound simple but I know their not, so the specs are this plane has to take off and land on a boat it has to be as small and light as possible it has to have a search range of 100km carrying a 10kilo pay load that sometimes maybe a life raft. I know you could just work it out on a pice of paper in 30 minutes , so far its taken me 6 weeks and I still can't , the only one helping me at the moment is bing, but I'm not sure if I can trust bing, but I can trust you.@@FPVREVIEWS

L/D is one aspect of how much power is required to stay airborne. Sink rate is a more valuable metric. L/D is pretty much directly applicable to distance achievable, excluding other factors such as headwinds, etc.

Glad you liked it, and hope it clears up some misconceptions. :)

@@FPVREVIEWS You're knowledge of the subject is fantastic. I also watched your pusher configuration video. This was very useful because I'm building a full scale wing in ground effect pusher aircraft. You helped me understand the pros and cons to the configuration. It's the first time building a fixed wing and no doubt my design could be better. Will see if it can fly soon enough. Ben

Sounds great! I hope we can see some more videos about the WIG aircraft on your channel. They are very fascinating and have great potential to compete with shipping of high value, or time sensitive items IMO @@Ben-Dixey

@@FPVREVIEWS Thanks very much for the comment, yes there will definitely be more videos. Progress on the machine is coming along and I'm hoping testing this summer will be possible. I completely agree that wig aircraft have potential and are not being utilised. The Main purpose of building is to have fun with and to learn about fixed wing ground effect aircraft. The experience could lead to a more serious ground effect design. I chat a lot with James Greenberger and his mudskipper on RUclips who has made a great machine. What is your background? You have a huge amount of knowledge.

read lots of books on aerodynamics, also flew full scale and been designing models for most of my life. Internet helps a lot for self education, but have to be selective because most people don;t actually know what they are talking about. I spend lots of time thinking about problems, configurations and optimization. no formal education. I didn't do well in school because I was too busy studying NACA data. :). I just find aircraft fascinating and see huge potential. @@Ben-Dixey

drastically lower parts count. also use of 3d printing, and lighter materials. Especially the plywood, which is about 40% lighter than the previous wood that was used for the kit. we are using more of it, so the aircraft is actually more robust as well. not changing anything about the aerodynamics, as the original design works so well. Also now recommending a higher voltage 6S propulsion system.

@@FPVREVIEWS Being lighter & flying 6S packs would make the Gemini V2 the Ultimate Observer UAV! Your previous records of +4h endurance & +4km altitude are about to be surpassed! Any idea's to break your personal records? And I'm curious in what configuration the 6S packs will be - Assuming the lighter & more robust fuselage would allow a heavier battery (which would match the previous V2's AUW)

There are many battery configurations possible. most users also carry a payload, so really, once the payload is defined, the rest of the weight can be allocated in battery. But yes, It could carry a much larger battery. Standard 60 cell configuration is NCR18650GA in 6S 10P configuration. Should be able to climb way beyond 4km alt. Limitations last time for Alt. were that I did not push the power system at all, relatively low percentage of amp draw, and control system range. I have Crossfire now, better video system, autonomy, and better antennas. have since flown a smaller plane to flight level 21 in more recent video. my main concern is freezing the battery, so may go in stages next time. @@AeroStuffFPV

@@FPVREVIEWS Looking forward to that! Hope to see those test on the channel, But there's one thing... What are your thoughts on the implementation of RemoteID?

Thankfully I'm not in the US at this time. Remote ID is la poorly conceived idea by people who do not understand the technology, or care about the unintended consequences of their rules. Almost all of the regulation for model aircraft is not about safety at all. IMO it should be ignored when it does not have to do with safety. Study local airspace and make a common sense plan. @@AeroStuffFPV

good question