- This topic has 1 reply, 1 voice, and was last updated July 31, 2023 at 11:54 am by
.
-
Posts
-
-
After a very successful FPV flight with the 3metre Fox glider a couple of weeks ago it got me motivated to get some more of my FPV planes airborne once again.
The final build/rebuild for 2021 is the 2metre “Prowler” Sky Climber Custom.
This plane flies beautifully but I was never too happy with the original pan/tilt gimbal as it had a tendency to move around too much at higher speed or on windy days.
Original Pan/Tilt gimbal
To that end I’ve stripped it down once again and am in the process of fitting one of my redesigned “Low Profile” pan/tilt gimbals. At this stage I’ll refit the Feiyu Tech FY-41 AP Lite Flight controller rather than upgrade to the newer Matech FC F411 WSE system.
Electronics & Gimbal removed
Straight off the printer (needs a little cleaning up)
More to follow, should be back together today & ready to fly on Friday.
-
Thought it was about time I got back in to FPV flying again.
Its been a long time between flights with the “Prowler” but after cleaning the dust & cobwebs (take note Scott) off I decided to remove the FY-41AP autopilot & replace it with the much smaller (and far more featured) MATEK FC 411-WTE running iNav.
As the Prowler already had the slimline Pan/Tilt gimbal & 600mw VTX fitted, the upgrade was relatively straight forward.
Given that the iNav system is way smaller there was no issue fitting it where the old system came out of.
I think it all checks out Ok (but it’s easy to miss something in the iNav setup) so I guess Wednesday will be the test.
-
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.