Watch These Oversized Multirotor X-Wing and TIE Fighters Fly

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Watch These Oversized Multirotor X-Wing and TIE Fighters Fly
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With the back alleys of a warehouse industrial park as the perfect setting for a Death Star reenactment, Rodger Cleye has built a growing fleet of DIY X-Wing and TIE Fighters to zoom around in wonderful, off-balance multirotor flight.

The X1 TIE Fighter is his latest YouTube creation. Its design is based on an H-copter multirotor configuration, using 1200W motors and 12″ props coupled to a PVC frame. He explains in the video description that the overweight setup requires each motor to pull almost 1 HP.

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His X-Wing also features a PVC frame with a massive 5′ wingspan, and uses a tri-rotor setup with 850W motors and 12″ props. It’s a bit loose as it hovers around the lot, but should stabilize more if and when he brings down the 19lb weight of the airframe.

Keep an eye for TIE/X-Wing chase footage as soon as he has trained a second pilot.

4 thoughts on “Watch These Oversized Multirotor X-Wing and TIE Fighters Fly

  1. Ihsan says:

    Reblogged this on Tech Factor II.

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Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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