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<\/p>\nWhile my original Surveillance Drone is fairly popular, and I quite like it myself, with its rotating camera and fold-down landing gear, it is also harder to construct. For the Arctic Danger set I did with Cotswold in 2021, I designed a new drone, one that would fit inside a metal backpack, and be solid-state. No moving parts.<\/p>\n
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That was fairly successful, and we used a black and red version in the Spy Island: Aerial Assault Superset<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n When in 2023 we decided to do a little focusing on RACCS<\/strong><\/a>, I finally got around to making a version that had legs, to make the RACCS<\/strong> more versatile. No longer would you have to attach it to an ATV or the Training Tower. Now you could make it a table using attachable legs:<\/p>\n So along with this, I thought it would be a very good idea to make a charging\/launching station for this new drone, a bit like the charging\/launching station I made for the original drone, which I originally used in the Save the Endangered Pygmy Rhino set<\/strong>, and revised last year for the Cotswold set of the same name<\/strong>.<\/p>\n So I made a new base, designed to snap to the RACCS platform. This base would have fold-out solar panels to charge an internal battery, which could then, in turn, charge the drone when it was docked.<\/p>\n I’m quite happy with how this turned out. The solar panels are printed squares on a shimmering blue paper, with a CRICUT-scoring to make the panels look real.<\/p>\n The two solar panels fold out flat. Each is offset vertically, so when you fold them up, they fit into a central area with a third solar panel. They fold nice and flat.<\/p>\n Here, you see the drone clips onto the base via two red clips. These snap nicely into place, and you can pull the drone off easily. The set comes with a yellow Wrist Controller.<\/p>\n Here you see the drone base with its solar panels out:<\/p>\n And again, on a RACCS Platform, ready to deploy! While my original Surveillance Drone is fairly popular, and I quite like it myself, with its rotating camera and fold-down landing gear, it is also harder to construct. For the Arctic Danger set I did with Cotswold in 2021, I … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-11-13.06.24-600x485.jpg\")
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