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Uncle G, you will be pleased to know that there was NOTHING wrong with the iNav flight controller in the Raptor.
I know I was a bit under the weather (what with a bad headcold & the several lots of medication-mixed with a beer or two) when I assembled it earlier last week but in-depth checking today showed I was far worse than I thought.
Interestingly enough on the first flight and in servo trim mode the Raptor flew almost perfectly, it was only the second flight when I deployed the flaps on takeoff did it play up a bit.
Turned out I had the Left Aileron connected correctly but the Right Aileron output was connected to the Left Flap, the Flaps output was connected to the Right Flap correctly but also the Right Aileron.
So it ended up that the Flap Switch operated both the Control Surfaces on the Right Wing and the Aileron operated both Control Surfaces on the Left Wing, luckily they both went in the same direction. The iNav system obviously made sense of it as she flew fine till I used the flaps.
Moral of the story is don’t try and assemble complex machinery when even slightly under the weather.
I’ve left the cold meds alone today AND relabelled all the connections correctly so after a controller reset and a quick repair of the Rudder she should be ready to take to the air again.
I need to practice what I preach and actually check correct operation of ALL control surfaces before flight, not just wriggle the sticks. Lesson learnt (hopefully).
Funny thing is I’ve NEVER seen a “RED” RunCam2, plenty of orange ones & even a few black ones but NEVER red.
A Colour-blind Safety Officer is just not on so I have to agree with Uncle G that e need a new one.
As for WiFi connections being lost, we won’t even go there as old DJI quads are about the only flying thing these days that use WiFi !!
Well Uncle G, while the Frog was wrongly picking on you he missed most of my oops moments yesterday (and there were a few) so at least some good came from it.
As for his statement about damaged cars, this was also grossly incorrect. Not only was Chris’s Tesla scarred for life, if you watch the Slo-Mo video you will clearly see that the RunCam 2, ejected from the “Black Bitch” of Bad Angel, collided heavily with the passengers side door of my Outback leaving a massive dent. Shame, Shame, Shame.
Footnote: well the dent is massive if 1) you know where to look and 2) if you use a magnifying glass !!Couldn’t have said it better, a perfect flying day NOT.
Oh well the bonus was that I think we got Dave’s Razor all sorted out. He opted not to test fly it today due to the ever increasing winds.
Likewise I opted to not fly my Raptor FPV plane today. After changing the mount on the iNav control board it needs to be retuned in the air, not easy to do when its blowing hard.
Did manage a couple of flights with the trusty old Bix 2 sport as she revels in the wind.and for all you budding Slope Soarer’s here is a bit of precision aerobatics for you to aspire to when next out on the slopes
Dave, there is a possibility we have set one of the ESC parameters wrong, perhaps the battery type is set to LiPo instead of NICb/NiMH or the cutoff voltage is set incorrect.
I reckon if we fully recalibrate the ESC now that we have the correct instructions your problem may well go away.
There is a possibility we will be flying Saturday or Sunday but if not bring it to sailing Saturday & we can have a look at the settings.
Gee, changing the rules again, anyone would think I had a Crystal Ball.
Just as well we are all friends & not racing for Sheep Stations.
Either your numbers are incorrect or there was a lot of skulduggery going on with the handicaps.
I just redid the score sheet with handicaps based on the supplied results & they are vastly different from above.
Well done Kermit, the first major mid air prang and you actually got it all on video.
All the best for Wednesday my widdle green friend.
Yes sure was another perfect day in Paradise, teeshirts were a change to the windcheaters we have been wearing of late.
Tested the rebuilt Bix 2, she will be good for a few more training sessions yet (turned out there was a broken tooth on the elevator servo that has most likely been giving all the grief.
Flew the iNav equipped BumbleBee and this time used a decent flight battery, no issues at all.
Also extensively tested the (now iNav equipped) Raptor FPV platform. This time (after I adjusted the couple of settings I forgot last week) she performed flawlessly. Will get the new low profile camera gimbal & FPV VTX refitted now ready for our next fly.
I forgot the handicam footage.
