Uploaded October 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Peace Drone, designed for FPV ("first person view") flying. A 100% foamboard scratchbuilt specifically for FPV. Uses the simple construction Armin Wing airfoil. It's very easy to fly and relatively forgiving due to the canard. It flies slow, glides well, and is nearly impossible to stall. The pusher prop stays out of the camera field of view. Weight is 1100g with basic FPV setup and single battery for 10 minute flights. Easy to build out of 4 sheets of Readi-Board from Dollar Tree, hot glue, and packing tape. All construction cuts are straight and square. 1100kV motor and 10x4.5 prop gives about 800g of static thrust. Named the "Peace Drone" in contrast to the Predator, Reaper, etc. military drones. Although those are very cool machines, they're made for spying and killing. The Peace Drone is made for FPV fun only.
The FPV setup is a 200mw 5.8gHz from Hobby King with their cheapest 1/3" CCD Sony board camera (no case) and stock antennas. I intentionally tested this in WORST CASE SCENARIO: omnidirectional antennas, crowded flying space, lots of huge flat walls and metal around, tons of cell phones and towers, WiFi everywhere, and the receiver antenna was literally just sitting on a picnic table with objects all around. It still worked enough for perfectly confident "Park FPV". Everything I do from now on will improve on that. First: circular polarized antennas. Next: take it out to the open desert. Soon: GoPro. Eventually: better video link gear.
Thanks for watching! Remarks and questions are welcome.
Canard CG calculator:
adamone.rchomepage.com/cg_canard.htm
The Peace Drone, designed for FPV ("first person view") flying. A 100% foamboard scratchbuilt specifically for FPV. Uses the simple construction Armin Wing airfoil. It's very easy to fly and relatively forgiving due to the canard. It flies slow, glides well, and is nearly impossible to stall. The pusher prop stays out of the camera field of view. Weight is 1100g with basic FPV setup and single battery for 10 minute flights. Easy to build out of 4 sheets of Readi-Board from Dollar Tree, hot glue, and packing tape. All construction cuts are straight and square. 1100kV motor and 10x4.5 prop gives about 800g of static thrust. Named the "Peace Drone" in contrast to the Predator, Reaper, etc. military drones. Although those are very cool machines, they're made for spying and killing. The Peace Drone is made for FPV fun only.
The FPV setup is a 200mw 5.8gHz from Hobby King with their cheapest 1/3" CCD Sony board camera (no case) and stock antennas. I intentionally tested this in WORST CASE SCENARIO: omnidirectional antennas, crowded flying space, lots of huge flat walls and metal around, tons of cell phones and towers, WiFi everywhere, and the receiver antenna was literally just sitting on a picnic table with objects all around. It still worked enough for perfectly confident "Park FPV". Everything I do from now on will improve on that. First: circular polarized antennas. Next: take it out to the open desert. Soon: GoPro. Eventually: better video link gear.
Thanks for watching! Remarks and questions are welcome.
Canard CG calculator:
adamone.rchomepage.com/cg_canard.htm
