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That will be ok Phil, won’t take long to setup so drop up if that suits you.
I’ll be here today till around 5:00pm and should be about most of the weekend as well as I don’t think its going to be much of a sailing day on Saturday.
Another superb production from the huge team & Toad Hall Productions, thanks Kermit.
So much action. Pretty soon we will need to appoint a Flight Controller !!
No worries Fab, I have found a stabiliser here that we can use, I’ll set up what I can here & we can finish the fine tuning on site at flying next day out.
That is the problem Gerald, when it’s a good flying day everyone gets too busy flying & the video coverage goes down the gurgler.
Oh well, flying is what we are there for, the rest is just a bonus!!
Yes Ron, definitely happy with the Red Dragon !!. Hoping it flies just as well on a calm day as it did in all the wind on Monday.
I will however try and improve the onboard camera angles before next flight.
Just such a busy life I lead, and you blokes keep taking me away flying (or boating). It’s a wonder I get anything done at all!!
Just realised I haven’t downloaded the footage from the HandiCam yet.
Oh well there is always tomorrow.
At least the Draco footage is now completed. Thanks to Gerald & Kermit for a bit of ground footage to add to the onboard stuff.
Kermit my man, you should try 3840 x 2160 as that is 4K which your camera does. 4 times the resolution of 1920 x 1080.
The Draco is ready to fly.
Battery adaptor made & tested, COG tested with batteries installed, Prop balanced, fitted & tested.
Switching from Safe Select back to AS3X is also now working correctly.
Just need a decent day to fly.
and, most importantly the camera mount has been designed & printed, installed & tested.
Phil, after rummaging through several “spare bits” boxes I found a control horn to fit your aileron servo so now all fixed & ready to fly again.
As discussed I also 3D printed some “Servo Savers” for your plane & put reinforcing tape on the hinges so you now just need to copy onto the other wing & your spare set.
I would normally glue the “Servo Savers” on but we may need to adjust your servo throws so its just taped on at present.
If you can’t find any clear “filament” tape locally, below is where I ordered my last lot from.
If you are out this way you can call in and pick your wing and other 3 “Servo Savers” up or else I’ll bring them next time we fly.
The Draco turned up this morning so 6 days from Melbourne, delivered Door to Door wasn’t too bad.
The box looked a bit worse for wear on one edge but with all the padding the seller had placed inside, the plane was undamaged.
It went back together very easily & after spending most of the afternoon programming the Jumper T16 to talk to the $195.00 Spektrum (AR637TA) receiver fitted to it all now seems to be working.
I have full 6 channel functionality on the lights, the motor reversing works fine & I can even display the telemetry from the smart receiver so a good days work.
The Safe Select function is working but at present wont switch back to AS3X mode so I will need to look at that tomorrow.
I’ll also need to make an adaptor to connect the IC5 battery connector on the Smart ESC to an XT60 to suit my batteries. Luckily I can use the 2 x 3S 4700mAh batteries from the Fox glider connected in series to meet the 6S needs of the Draco. Oh, and like the 3M Fox glider I will need to remove the Draco’s wings to get it in the car (bummer)
Another fine production Mr Kermit capturing the essence of the day (and of course all the mishaps !!)
