How to Build a Carbon Fiber Plane？Process of VTOL Fixed-Wing Drone Construction

[@mics1417]

Nice Video! I like how it shows a lot of the intermediate fabrication steps. Most consumers don't understand the labor and skill required to make certain products, and this video certainly helps with that.

[@Josh-zh]

Products that steal American intellectual property. A land of thieves.

[@trichoubdz9210]

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[@GhostRyderFPV]

Just for the irony, I would have loved to see a 20x20 flight controller running AruduPilot, lol. That is a beautiful creation, thank you for sharing the layup to the the flight. Bravo!

[@Ph4nToMfr]

I flown this kind of airframe with ardupilot (pixhawk though)

[@darrenpferdehirt]

30.5 x 30.5 on the Holybro Kakute F7, and supports both Betaflight and Ardupilot. I have one on an Iflight XL10 running BF, if I want to torture myself again, I'd switch it to Ardupilot and relearn what I've forgotten. Probably won't though. Lol...

[@josephcro2138]

​@@darrenpferdehirtwhat would be a better alternative to ardupilot for autonomous UAVs?

[@dipereira0123]

This is not manufacture, this is ART!!! congratulations to all people involved =)

[@nickj2508]

These guys take their time and do a good job. I was surprised/impressed to see at all of the Carbon fiber inner structure. The videography and video length is just right for me, more please.

[@robert5]

I think that inner structure was needed to mount and secure the electronics and controls systems and perhaps the batteries.

[@SimonTyler_humanfly]

This was a fascinating video and I really appreciate you sharing it. It would be very nice to see the employees wearing quality respirators when painting

[@lordhexon]

Yes, but they have some what decent ventilation vacuum system.

[@williamhoughtaling1602]

That is a waterfall filtration system. No fumes at the painting area and the water catches the paint overspray.

[@danielkemp4860]

They're worried about c0vid, not resin fumes 🤣

[@sicks6six]

I sprayed Cellulose coatings on pipe coverings for the petrochemical industry and we used waterfall filters and didn't need a mask, waterfall filtration systems remove 100% of all airborne particles from the air, in this booth all the walls and ceiling are extractors and air is drawn through a waterfall which is the full length of the walls and six foot high, very impressive filters, the paper mask is common in china for everyone to wear all the time, they had a huge problem with TB and the government ordered every school kid, shop worker and public employee etc to wear them in an effort to help eradicate the TB virus,. PS it's a fantastic machine don't you think. . . .

[@shargunankalimuthu514]

R 2:29 6🎉@

[@wolfdruidradio]

Those blue masks look very efficient at stopping small particles from entering their lungs.

[@amago]

I guess they are even more effective than the invisble gloves and the transparent painting garments.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Excellent drone design and manufacturde and flight. This company really knows what its doing, and has some amazing engineers ! Well done!!

[@masterQ20]

*Excellent man, thank you for sharing your work, God bless you*

[@ricknoah9184]

Seeing how these guys are making "commercial" drones, I can't help but wonder what their market is. This ain't no park flier. By the size, materials and technique, this is not a cheap plane by any means. Interesting that it has a defined cargo area. Very interesting and I hope to see these in actual use. Is this a prototype for Amazon ???

[@modelcitizen1977]

More likely TEMU for trials in China.

[@Ravi-319]

i am saved because of u .. i have recently joinded as mechanical Design eng in this UAV Field .. i am wondering how they manufactured but u showed me clearly .. thank u so much

[@knutbergan]

Great video, and build looks like very high quality. Brought back some memories from my earlier days doing RC model aircrafts.

[@DinosRcModels]

I recognize all the actions carried out in the procedure...some even done in a somewhat rough manner although with a satisfactory result..

[@abcdefg4570]

Very nice! As I've already mastered everything else required to build one of these, I now just need a vacuum bagging system. Making the molds is a pain, though. My current method of constructing UAVs is laminating hotwire cut polyurethane foam with fiberglass and epoxy resin.

[@tyyamnitz8408]

What kind of UAVs do you build?

[@abcdefg4570]

@@tyyamnitz8408 ~2m wingspan long-range UAVs for ultra long-range missions. It's mainly for fun, just to take beautuful video and enjoy the views and flying anywhere. It's an incredible feeling of freedom. Designing and building the UAVs and configuring the GCS equipment is half the fun too.

[@tyyamnitz8408]

@@abcdefg4570 that is so epic. I’ve started the process of making my own as well because I have all access to my university’s labs and hacker spaces but this will be my first aerospace project so I don’t know where to begin. Do you mind sharing your design process that takes place before you even start with construction? Do you design the uav in OpenVSP or some other software? Or do you just use pen and paper

[@hitleraliraqi]

@@abcdefg4570انا ايضاً اريد التصميم او المخطط وشكرا لك

[@AndreyOdessa999]

How can I contact you?

[@PiratePrincessYuki]

I was wondering if it was going to be a VTOL or just a drone with wings. Was nice to see that they cut the lift motors for forward flight.

[@hoagietime1]

There's nothing ground breaking or original about anything there, just a bunch of excellent craftsmen who make a well designed vtol. I thought the custom pdb and esc board was cool, using large easy to repair components. Really cool

[@odnorob]

Молодці! Гарний результат!

[@andrey-kramer]

А мне хочется плакать У нас вроде как страна авиаторов, но спроектировать такой самолётик мы не можем Зато президента по Фейсбуку выбрать - запросто 🤬

[@fonwoolridge]

Wow - fantastic build! And simple but very clever overall design.... I believe we will see many similar designs to this in the near future - with the flying cars that are coming..., Bravo!

[@aerbon]

i don't think flying cars are coming in the near future. it's not that we can't make them, it's that the idea itself makes no sense when you look into it.

[@mlinecomposites1]

@@aerbonagreed. My thought was if you have people driving as bad on the road as in the air you’d have ashes falling all over the place 😂

[@binarumah]

Thanks for sharing. Excellent drone manufacturing video. Now I understand why carbon fiber is expensive because it's labour intensive work.

[@christopherwilson6527]

This was incredible to watch. Looks a very nice bit of kit!

[@billfromgermany]

I was absolutely astounded by the craftsmanship of the workers. Applying beads of glue as if from an industrial robot.

[@brad5316]

You are so talented in what you do KUDOS to you! What a talent that you posses! Thank you for sharing your video!!!

[@someguydino6770]

thank you; this looks like a "state of the art" shop. Nice to see "natures composite" (the plywood) combined with a thin layer of carbon fiber in a sandwich material! (Now if we could teach trees to grow the intricate shapes that we wanted!) This craft is still performed mostly by hand by skilled people. Gotta appreciate the "sushi chef like skills" that are required to trim the finished pieces after removal from the molds. 15:08 I'd never seen that water bath spray booth process before; but it makes sense that it would be REALLY good for dust/ overspray particulate control. Everyday; the dumpsters are going to be FULL of all of the the high tech consumable materials that are necessary for these processes. Looks like YANGDA and FOXTECH are direct competitors?

[@fredericmartin8758]

Voilà un des futurs des armées modernes.

[@MarshallMcFarlin]

This video is greatly appreciated It has inspired me to do more as I never considered using my laser to cut air frame components or the tools so they can be made from hydro formed aluminum or vacuum formed ABS or Carbon fiber tow. I have never considered using a heater in a closet or closed off room as an oven to speed up curing. 😅 Brilliant. Well done.

[@Willy_Tepes]

I have used a heater in a closed off room before, but only in relation to sugar fermentation and plants ;) What is sorely lacking in this workshop is a spot ventilation system and proper breathing protection. Those guys are going to lose half of their brain cells before they hit 40.

[@shakhawansalih5601]

If my country had 100 boys like these small eye geniouses , we would be a free country right now , greeting from north iraq to beloved chinese ❤

[@grachtschrap]

And how would that help against Bayraktar?

[@xxxy912]

Imagine kurds didn't aid in armenian genocide, maybe they could be partners today....

[@TFT-bp8zk]

The Kurds of N Iraq are nowhere near Armenia you tool.

[@TFT-bp8zk]

We spent a decade an lots of lives trying to make your shitty country free.

[@seamuscashin2606]

wow i am giving up making model planes this standard is the best

[@theosky7162]

Excellent ! Particularly liked the the fine detail and craftsmanship displayed. Thanks and Regards !

[@BBFPV]

In Germany we call it "Hobby" ( and we love to say ) sounds strange but it is true!

[@ohtayukiho6444]

これはドローンの制作工程ですね。ホビーではなく兵器としての性能を備えた制作現場の映像は素晴らしいです。

[@brad5316]

WTF!

[@ChainsawFPV]

Excellent video. Love that they just run ArduPilot. Now, where can I get one?

[@willembont4790]

Nice work and excellent craftmanship. Thanks for sharing.

[@sparky6200]

Omg its just so easy - the next free 6 weeks I get I'll get started on one!

[@mlinecomposites1]

You know composites?

[@VTH-DIY]

so good quality. I really like products made from carbon...

[@nickanrc]

Very cool building process video!!! 😊

[@Kady3DPrinting]

Are you using resin? Which type?

[@Improver12]

Video wonderful interesting very very beautiful from Iraq 🇮🇶 I love ♥️ you all the South 🇰🇷 Korean people

[@America_1st_the.rest.r_last]

حبيبي هاذول في الصين

[@rasmus9311]

Incredible craftsmanship

[@sdoc3]

Ughhh, products look very good but the working conditions....def some room for improvements to say the least.

[@billjonesnation]

The paint both was a nice waterfall style but the surgical masks aren't doing much for any of the overspray that doesn't get sucked up.

[@alexmcmeekin2658]

Nice production work. However..... not enough glove or proper facemask usage! Different countries and different standards I guess? Handling mixed resin on a daily basis even if just a smear on the fingertips is a bad idea long-term and if there's a tendency for dermatitis it's accelerate it massively! Paint shop had a nice water shield booth but those guys should have had appropriate masks, not just simple covid/surgical ones.

[@Tony-.]

Perhaps the fans are installed not for cooling, but more for ventilation. If the air flow is good, the damage is reduced, but not eliminated.

[@giuseppe4909]

And now you see why they can make things for less money… (not to mention the much lower wages paid)

[@alexmcmeekin2658]

@@giuseppe4909 Yes, but that's the way things are. Wages are cheaper in differing parts of the world, but when learnt the skills are as good.

[@moriwaki80]

Agree, handling epoxy resin and breathing the fumes every day may catch up with some of the employees. To be fair even in the west standards for working with epoxy resin at some factories during the 80's / 90's could be lacking.

[@ModellpilotEU]

thanks so much, you made my day.

[@antoniekruger8631]

Brilliant guys, thanks.

[@HakanAras]

This video was amazing. I really enjoyed watching it. It might be a good idea to make one of these next to my foam planes.

[@MrPod15]

I don’t know where these come from, but Russia would love them, so I guess they will have a visit soon!

[@كمالالمغربيالسلفي]

جيد أحييكم من المملكة المغربية

[@just_A_doctor]

سامعين بيك 😂😂😂😂ياعبد 😊مليييييك

[@andymunnings9109]

"You are very smart, I like your work."

[@unglaubichuberlieber8048]

danke, this is a very EDUCATIONAL + THOUGHT PROVOKING VIDEO, nochmal DANKE DANKE DANKE ALLES GUTE

[@brad5316]

PLEASE TRANSLATE to ENGLISH!

[@mrjoepietube]

simple and reliable seperate fixed motors for drone mode and plane mode. slight drag and weight penalty. however the drag penalty could be easy reduced bij proper lining up the props. bldc motors can be stept bij software like a kind of crude stepping motor.

[@philipcc-yq5zg]

crazy chinese industrial manufacturer! i want one!

[@mikeb5556]

Very nice. Good video. Just one thing ... a little better extraction and masks in the paint booth - your lungs will thank you.

[@goldbornmusic2025]

Excellent video. Love that they just run ArduPilot. Now, where can I get one?👍👍👍

[@manuel.camelo]

Teach us Drone Electronics ! So AWESOME DUDE !!! 🙂

[@AlfDavidFjeld]

fantastic work guys! but as someone that has worked a car t bodyrepair and painting, you should really invest in better breading protection. using so little as you do, you will end up with lungproblems after a while. it costs a bit more, but it is better to invest in the good equipment, and stay healthy for longer, this pays of both for the workers, and the company you work for, there will be less days of sick, and the company can keep good workers with special experience for longer.

[@TuttleScott]

just what I was thinking, surgical masks arent going to cut it.

[@PsychoAMVproduction]

China definitely become the first power in the world (again after being it from 600 bc to 1860AD). I am glad, chinese people are good people and deserve the happiness they had for more than 2500 years, before the Brits forced them to accept the unequal treaty. Long live Asia.

[@kakbudtobi]

Технику безопасности еще повысить и вообще молодцы.

[@Imrankhan-in8qu]

Excellent video ❤❤❤❤

[@sailingpacificstar]

Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[@О.Ш-ь1щ]

OMG... That's a real no waste production 🤦🤦🤦 Am I the only one who understands that those guys will have allergies in a couple years both for epoxy, lots of foods and plants?

[@giuseppe4909]

And the corporate owners don’t care at all.

[@williamhoughtaling1602]

What is the angled scraper/knife your using? I need one like that 😊

[@xman577]

In my younger days in the 1970s used to make aircraft parts out of fiberglass. Times have changed.

[@elpeluca06]

Que perfección... Digno de admirar!! ❤

[@aprianto1985]

Great video

[@youngtygaa]

So Africa we need this technology please 😮

[@nonyanks2510]

Nice stuff but the workers not even wearing a most basic High Acid Gas or Inorganic Resperator is insane, and clearly they put on Surgical masks which are completely in effective for the video, come on guys, take better care of your people!

[@satisfactoryprocess]

Thank you for your reminder. I will relay this feedback to the factory.

[@plorks445]

Nice construction. Good luck grinding fiberglass and carbon fiber without a respirator though.

[@atrumluminarium]

Would be cool to have the "lift" propellors rotate forwards to contribute to the thrust in forward flight rather than just have them be dead weight and extra drag.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Yes thats the ideal design configuration and then you dont need the tail pusher propeller. There are drones that do this already!

[@KevinATJumpWorks]

It's about complexity. You can have a tilt motor mechanism, but it adds a lot of weight and many moving parts. Also, you would probably need a variable pitch propeller to account for the differences in air velocity between hover and cruise, which again adds more weight and complexity. I agree that, tilt-wings in particular, are the most elegant solution, but they are very difficult to get right.

[@rjward1775]

Below X size, the mass penalty for this is probably lower.

[@Ph4nToMfr]

Fixed vertical motor is far more simple and reliable too

[@deadcxap755]

@@KevinATJumpWorks Why variable propeller pitch?!?! The force is regulated by engine speed. This is not an internal combustion engine, electric motors perfectly and quickly control the speed of revolutions.

[@mingxiao5813]

非常好的视频，有机会去你们公司看看！

[@powpowpowlo4080]

great skills on display!

[@kavorka8855]

Well done!

[@ivanenev323]

Great. I only wish there were CAD files and schematic available for download :)

[@RICKY-RIKON]

Keep dreaming dude! 😂🎉

[@christophe5076]

Best vidéo, please send for 🇺🇦 ♥️

[@PIRO04584]

🤩I Loved the Production✈️💨 and Quality of Work💪 that makes it a 👍Professional Level. I congratulate you for your Great Work on a Large Scale. greetings✌️ from NEW YORK🗽USA🇺🇸

[@satisfactoryprocess]

Thank you so much 😀

[@BMackProductions]

Professional construction. What is in the piping bags? Gelcoat? Or PVA glue?

[@Sabotage_Labs]

I'll take 3! Some slick kit.

[@lakotamm]

11:03 - Seeing people with no protection on their hands working with epoxy... Oh my god this is really not good for their health.

[@slange455]

Looks like any other fiberglass/carbon shop I’ve see…even in the US boat builders don’t use much more protection

[@marc_frank]

i only use gloves because i don't want to wash off the sticky mess

[@America_1st_the.rest.r_last]

Ita a new biodegradable non toxic formula they are using. 😂

[@Mdf76]

good work !

[@RedAppleApe]

awesome workflow. Prepreg, vaccum forming and a clean workspace. Well done

[@baldassarealessi1007]

Thank you video brilliant compliment

[@lieschenmultikill5038]

Chinese are hard workers and this country made in a few decades where western countries took centuries for. What once meant „made in Germany“ will soon be „made in China“. Great respect for the hard work, acumen! Cheers from Germany

[@kloyder]

when they put the carbon frame into the matrix, what did they fill the internal space with? to form the wings themselves?

[@pcka12]

No doubt carbon fibre is 'state of the art' but how much of an advantage does it offer over conventional glass fibre for this application?

[@pcka12]

@@Dobbs65 yes, but this is a fairly low stress application, so does it make much of a difference?

[@giuseppe4909]

@@pcka12That’s because it hasn’t been loaded with a payload yet.

[@deadcxap755]

Lighter, more durable.

[@pcka12]

@deadcxap755 it is customary to provide 'ratios' then quantify the results to give some indication of benefit!

[@netoIIm]

Amazing video!! What is the material for the surface of the aircraft??

[@Jptoutant]

this thing is NICE

[@imsoaring]

I like the single pusher prop idea for long loiter flights!

[@SuperMaukam]

I honestly don't understand the comments below. As an industrial designer, I do find many interesting solutions and techniques here, but one thing really screams incompetence here. LACK OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT! This is not a joke. Headaches and coughing are the least of these worke's worries. The mask that they are using, are almost useless and just not used right. Several instances of not using gloves and having these, really nasty, chemicals on one's fingers. This stuff absorbs through the skin and fumes are really toxic. The management of this company should basically be in prison. Ask anyone with chronic lung disease and constant migraines, how is life. This is not a one-off week-end project, where you just wing it. This is supposed to be a freaking working environment. This just tells me how screwed these societies will be in future. A massive health crisis is brewing because of greed and indifference. I'm not even that careful about this stuff myself. But this is a horrible and stupid way of doing stuff. I'm equally depressed about the comments here.

[@timurzarifov]

В Китае, коммунистической стране, нет проблем со здравоохранением, там бесплатная медицина. Беспокоиться надо тем, у кого в стране даже вызов скорой помощи платный.

[@gavinferguson]

Totally agree the lack of suitable ppe is just criminal these guys are building up toxicity in thier systems by not using at least gloves when using resins and grinding carbon with out decent filtered masks is asking for lung damage

[@Mario-Astor.ZeroRed]

It's true. You're Right.

[@trirahmat5384]

I do drone modification during my internship. I often work with fiberglass and carbon fiber / rods. Yeah, those dust particles are nasty, they give me an itch.

[@hcliew8022]

They are using the wrong type of mask. Soon, they will have problem with their lungs.

[@АлексейПархоменко-л3л]

Great chinese industry👏👏👏

[@fftr5647]

I love innovation

[@РахильБусо]

thankx from Palestine!

[@augustosegovia7438]

Me encanta¡¡ un video muy demostrativo de la calidad de contruccion de los droenes

[@Sir-Dexter]

nice work

[@ash.ab.5575]

Brilliantly made

[@michaelg2000]

just awesome guys!

[@mabus7367]

I think it will be even better if the propellers for vertical takeoff are put between the wings and improve the aerodynamics. beautiful anyway

[@virgil1981]

Wow, great job!

[@RICKY-RIKON]

Amazing! 😁👍🏁

[@TROJANP]

Nice aircraft , government use ???

[@DIYDaveT]

Nice drone!

[@mhamadfayaq7081]

Please what is the name of the white piece

[@MarkJ-hh9oy]

Awesome these guys really know what their doing

[@zxcaaq]

yeah they know so much that they're using corona masks to stop paint from getting into their lungs. These guys die young.

[@zxcaaq]

and they know so much that they are having zero protection of the electronics they're just putting them inside this carbon fiber body! wow this better be a toy.

[@zxcaaq]

ZERO PROTECTION

[@zxcaaq]

This is going to rust after 1 month of usage.

[@zxcaaq]

they're so good in fact that they're installing the tailgate with PULL FASTENERS! PULL FASTENERS are notorious for metal fatigue and breaks down easily. So if you disassemble this plane regularly your tailgate might fall off mid-flight!

[@mikhailmikhail2071]

Ailerons bagged with a wings like a one solid item? And what material used for aileron hinge? Is this fiber? What type of fiber? And how it keep flexible and wear-resistant if it soaked by resin

[@ФедорСимонченко-щ8т]

Хорошая работа, качественная.