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The rest may be a while Ron, just about to head out for tea & a tinny or two.
Will get back into editing once I return around 7:00pm
As usual you are correct Chris, it is currently all white inside the dome, hopefully I’ll change it before next flight. At some point I’ll definitely try it with no dome but I’ll need to add exhaust ports as the Pod is pretty well sealed.
Also, I will try and get the camera lens closer to the dome as its around 70mm away at the present. Still needs to be angled down more but after all it’s still a work in progress.
Something different to keep me amused for a short while.
Thanks for the feedback Gerald.
Yes, V1 is quick & easy to set up but very limited in what you can do.
I think V2 will be the better option and we can still set up a fairly generic voting page so that video links etc don’t need to be changed all the time.
V2 also has a built in calendar function so voting stops automatically after 3 days (or whatever you set). You can also set a start date etc as well.
I think I’ve now sorted out the 2K video upload to YouTube, like you said you wouldn’t want to hold your breath while YT processes it though.
Unless it is significantly better on the big screen I’ll go back to 1080P as editing 2K is a pain on my old PC and 4K is virtually impossible.
A couple of things,
1) I have roughed out a Polling/voting page (link via top right hand corner of Main Menu) Have a look and have a vote but note that you only get one vote, there are two versions so feel free to vote in both as I want to see how they work.
2) My 2K version of the video is still loading (may be finished by teatime)
Third time lucky eh Kermit, Oh well what else can you expect on Friday 13th !!
Oh, by the way nice video, definitely in the running for the Peoples Choice Award this week.
Yes, I’ll angle the camera down a bit & clean the dome before next flight.
Generally I was pretty happy with it for a shakedown flight. Things can only get better !!
Perhaps you should try your GoPro 9 on the Ranger 1600, I’m sure it will fly with it fine as in the very early days I was flying with a GoPro 2 (in a waterproof housing) on the Bixler 2 and on the Firstar 1600 which is a forerunner to the Ranger 1600.
Another quality production Gerald, thanks for all your effort.
Bit of a tossup this week between you & the Frog !!
Both great videos, a shame that Kermit’s is only 720P
Well done Mr Frog and definitely worth the wait.
It’s a real toss up this week for the Peoples Choice Award between yourself & Uncle G. Both great videos of the day’s antics.
What a letdown, I logged in to check out your masterpiece and it wasn’t there. Well it actually was but low resolution again. Seems you have changed back to 720P rather than 1080P
As for your Seaplane, I have a couple of Bixler 2 motors here that are designed for your size prop, if they are of any use.
I should have your TrainStar up and running by lunchtime tomorrow as well.
One thing I can guarantee is that the wing is NOT flexing at the joiner.
The Wing root mates up to a fully epoxied Plywood box and 20mm CF joiner that is epoxied onto the wing spars and screws into the Ply box.
The wings flex fairly evenly along their length starting from around 150mm from the Pod.
I have run 50mm reinforcing tape along the top and bottom of the leading edge but I could definitely run another 50mm strip overlapping the edge of the first strip which would then cover around 90mm of the top & bottom of the wing.
But for now I’ll just try it as is with the new FC tuning and see how it goes.
That’s a nice shot Gerald and from the onboard video you can work out the exact timing of it (fairly early in the flight, with no FC enabled). I was flying it rather aggressively at the time just trying to keep it airborne (with all the trims out of whack)
Like you I was initially worried about the rather small CF wing rod and thought seriously of replacing it during construction but after a fair bit of research on the build site I decided to build it as designed & see what happens.
As the designer states it is NOT for aerobatics or any form of aggressive flying but for Long Range FPV/aerial photography so the construction is light weight & very flexible (not unlike a glider).
The majority of wing flex comments online are from people trying to fly it like a stunt plane, those using it as intended either don’t mention it or just in passing. I guess only time will tell.
The amount of flex shown in your pic is similar to what I got out of the original smaller Fox glider before I learnt how to fly it less aggressively. As we all know since Chris took ownership, it has been flown far harder than I ever did and the wing flex issue never comes up.
Just a quick update.
After a fairly uneventful maiden flight yesterday (Tuesday 10-05-2022), apart from flying the first half in manual mode instead of activating the FC, I have made a couple of minor programming changes to the iNav flight controller (FC)
1) adjusted the FC board Roll alignment by 2.5 degrees so that the plane will actually fly flat. The auto tune had adjusted the ailerons to compensate yesterday so these have also been reset.
2) adjusted the FC board Pitch alignment pitch by 4 degrees which should help with level flight in manual mode. Once again the auto tune adjusted the elevator to compensate yesterday so this has also been reset.
3) reversed the rudder throw in the FC output for correct operation.
It was obvious from pre-flight checks yesterday that the rudder control was reversed but as this is not controlled to any great extent by the FC, just used the rudder stick in reverse when needed for testing.
May try angling the GoPro camera down slightly next flight to get a bit more ground coverage & a bit less sky !!
G’day Chris, hope you are all well. If you are buying apartments I’m guessing we won’t be seeing you back here any time soon?
First thing we checked was Kermit’s prop direction, it was fine. Think the problem is a too low a KV motor with only a small prop. No doubt he’ll come up with something new by next week.
The TechPod is still a work in progress but so far its shaping up OK.
