This is a flying Xbee Arduino remote control and telemetery system
http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/it-flys-maiden-flight-of-yellow-plane.html
Maiden flight of Yellow Plane flown by a local pilot Richard to avoid instant crash I would cause. A little tail heavy but flew pretty well on a gusty day, I'm told control was good. Ended in a crash but not too badly damaged, learned a lot. I'm just chuffed if flew looks pretty good on such a windy, which is pretty standard for the south island this time of year.
My scratch built FPV platform. Took around 30 hours to build mostly Corriboard with some ply, aluminium and carbon fiber spars. Total material cost around 50 US$. Got a DT700 (see tests data here) which hopefully will be an adequate power source. Its a modular design based around an armature, so wings and tail etc are bolted on and can be exchanged for testing parts and ideas. Have a pair of KM3 wings and the Corriboard ones shown below.
Please see the spread sheet here Yellow Plane Data https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsmGA5b7qZ15dFF1U0JCMVFnTXlPNlFrYWxKVjlmSlE
More Links
The RX Build http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/building-arduino-receiver-yellow-boats.html
Power Tests http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/more-power-tests.html
More Test Data http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/power-tests-for-fpv-plane.html
Xbee's and Arduinos http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/reliable-controller-now.html
Controller using Tiny CLR http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/revisiting-xbee-controller.html
Xbee Helpers http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/some-xbee-usage-tips.html
Based around a stiff wooden armature and two aluminium tail spars the wings are removable for transportation. According to my calculations the wing loading is 15.5 Oz/Ft² at a flight weight of 1700 Grams. A glass fiber nose has been molded and is curing now which is around 80 grams, which will contain the FPV gear and the main battery.
Home brew Arduino Xbee remote control http://kiwitricopter.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/building-arduino-receiver-yellow-boats.html
Currently revising the design to reduce weight and have bigger wing chord base on advise from DIYdrones with slightly shorter wings.
AUW 1521 Grams Wing loading 14.83 oz/ft² power to weight 270 Watts A Kg should perform much better than Yellow plane one.
Experimenting with material options for the wings looking for a target weight of 400 grams or less for both wings.
The code https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8mGA5b7qZ15dFJHaEdxbmF5dTQ https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8mGA5b7qZ15b1pDOHA1SnU3cEE