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With everyone under “The Great LockDown” I’d have thought there would have been a bit more activity on here but I guess everyone is busy building new projects (and just not telling anyone about them)!!
As it’s a high probability that the current restrictions will slowly start to be rolled back in around another 4 weeks it may not (hopefully) be too long before we are back taking to the skies once again.
Equipment orders ex China are once again slowly starting to filter through & the FrSKY Hi Precision Variometer that has been on order for quite a while finally arrived a couple of days ago.
It took a little while to suss out how to connect it to the Motive-RC R8SB receiver as this Rx comes with an SBus connection but not a Smart Port. After a bit of research it appeared as if connecting it to the Digital Data-Stream port should be the way to go. It worked first go so that was a win.
Also took a little while to program the Jumper T16 Tx to read & display the data and also to sound out (switchable) either variable beeps (rising or falling height) or a voice readout of the altitude.
Needed to create some new voice files for the Vario switch functions but my usual on line text to voice converter “Nicole” soon sorted them out as MP3 files & Audacity quickly converted them to 256kps wave files which is what the OpenTX os requires.
Jumper telemetry screens
What it all means
Alt+ = Maximum Altitude reached
Alt = Current Altitude
VSpd+ = Maximum Climb/Sink speed
VSpd = Current Climb/Sink speed
Battery = Powered Flight time (count down to 0)
Flight = Total Flight time
Other Top Line telemetry readings
A2 = Flight Battery voltage (also triggers Low Battery Alarm)
Batt = Tx internal battery voltage
Alt = Current Altitude
RSSI = Rx Signal Strength
Now all we need is reduced restrictions so groups of 10 or less are again permissible (with appropriate social distancing) & we can get back to our favourite pass time @ our favourite flying field.
Yes Hoppy, Phoenix still has Slope Soaring options along with thermal gliding etc.
So far I’ve only tried out the ASW28 (with motor off) but its a bit heavy. There are a couple of Slope Soaring gliders so I may have a go with one of those when time permits.
Probably not Moose. More than likely I’ll just go back to sane & simple FPV gliding & site seeing.
There is no RESET button on our real models & the number I have written off in the simulator would send our whole Flight Line broke if I flew them like that.
The Mini USB-B connectors (for the RunCam 2) arrived on Thursday so the FPV setup on the Fox is now complete & ready to fly (once we get out of this bloody Covid-19 induced LockDown that is).
You are quite correct Gerald, the Apprentice does not do inverted flight well and tends to fly into the ground even with full down elevator & max power, the Pitts Special in this next clip however is a whole other story !!
Got a quick flight in this morning with the E_Flite Apprentice (fitted with AS3X SAFE technology but turned off before flight) before settling down to more mundane household chores.
By the way Gerald, I got an email from PhaserFPV this morning, they have the external charge sockets & mounting plate back in stock if you need one (they still had 30 when I ordered mine but they were going fast.
Another quick flight with the ASW28 around a typical Aussie Sports field. It feels a lot like Lauderdale Oval especially when trying to land .
I’m sure a bit of wind & rain and a few hundred sheep will soon flatten it out. Probably a damn side quicker than we will get back to it.
G’day Pete, there are two trains of thought when it comes to storing LiPo batteries, some suggest they should be stored with a “Storage Charge” (one of the LiPo charger settings) which is a bit above 1/2 charge however I have always stored mine fully charged and then just top them up before usage.
The Eneloop batteries are LSD (low self discharge) so will hold a charge (typically for over a year) however I would remove ALL batteries from any equipment not in regular use.
Just my thoughts & I’m sure many will argue against it but I have Eneloop & Turnigy LSD AA & AAA cells over 8 years old and still going strong and many of my LiPo batteries are a similar age and apart from one or two that eventually a cell failed in any other replacements have been due to “catastrophic trauma” from impacting the ground at a great rate of knots.
Its a free download here (as abandoned software) these days Hoppy including all the updates etc.
Nice video Chris but perhaps you need to slow down the pan (or increase the frame rate) so as not to blur the pic.
Not a lot of traffic about.
I’ve been going to put the Mavic Pro up for a flight around here but every time I think about it, its either windy or raining.
Anyway I downloaded the ASW 28 files for the Phoenix Flight simulator So I guess I’ll just have to go and fly that.
Also got
Avios Grand Tundra
Avios Bush Mule (a good one for Bad Angel to get some practice in on)
Ranger 2K (for Moose)
Ian had the same problem trying to workout why I wasn’t sharing this great flying location so I guess I better let the cat out of the bag.
Its called Phoenix Bay and all the flying was done sitting @ my desk in total isolation.
The first time I saw it done was not long after I got my printer & some guy was printing working prosthetic hands for kids. The section that attached to the arm was printed flat then warmed up and bent round the recipients arm for a perfect fit.
Sometimes it is much easier to print flat or level then bend later, I also used this method when printing a new nose cone for the Aure BA1 glider, the fuselage was a rather odd elliptical shape & it was the only way I could think of to get the correct fit after printing it round.
