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5/1/2011
This has been a very challenging build. I have made extensive modifications to this plane in an attempt to make everything fit and balance out correctly. Knowing from the start that it would balance out nose heavy because of the camera up front, I did everything I could to bring the weight as far back as possible. The inside of this model is completely filled with gear with no room to spare. After installing and testing everything I was pretty close to achieving the proper CG and only had to add 1oz of weight to the tail to balance it out. Her maiden flight should be soon, I hope it flies, wish me luck.
5/5/2011
I attempted to do a maiden flight but was unable to get off of the ground due to the flimsy stock main gear. I couldn't get the power down and steer so I upgraded the gear and will try again soon. I tested the new landing gear in the street and it was taxiing like a champ, so hopefully that problem is solved.
Modifications include:
Modified rudder, carbon fiber wing spar, carbon fiber horizontal stabilizer spar, tailwheel, custom motormount to bring motor back and up to help balance and allow for 9" propeller, custom made FPV canopy pod/ pan mount
Equipment Used:
RC-Lights.com 14 LED Nav Light System
Eagle Tree Complete OSD Pro System with GPS
1500mW 1.3GHz Video Transmitter
1.3GHz Inverted Vee Antenna
GoPro Camera Cable
GoPro Hero HD modified with RageCams 6mm lens
FY-20A Flight Stabilization System
3S 500mAh lipo for Vtx
Micro...Continue Reading
This has been a very challenging build. I have made extensive modifications to this plane in an attempt to make everything fit and balance out correctly. Knowing from the start that it would balance out nose heavy because of the camera up front, I did everything I could to bring the weight as far back as possible. The inside of this model is completely filled with gear with no room to spare. After installing and testing everything I was pretty close to achieving the proper CG and only had to add 1oz of weight to the tail to balance it out. Her maiden flight should be soon, I hope it flies, wish me luck.
5/5/2011
I attempted to do a maiden flight but was unable to get off of the ground due to the flimsy stock main gear. I couldn't get the power down and steer so I upgraded the gear and will try again soon. I tested the new landing gear in the street and it was taxiing like a champ, so hopefully that problem is solved.
Modifications include:
Modified rudder, carbon fiber wing spar, carbon fiber horizontal stabilizer spar, tailwheel, custom motormount to bring motor back and up to help balance and allow for 9" propeller, custom made FPV canopy pod/ pan mount
Equipment Used:
RC-Lights.com 14 LED Nav Light System
Eagle Tree Complete OSD Pro System with GPS
1500mW 1.3GHz Video Transmitter
1.3GHz Inverted Vee Antenna
GoPro Camera Cable
GoPro Hero HD modified with RageCams 6mm lens
FY-20A Flight Stabilization System
3S 500mAh lipo for Vtx
Micro...Continue Reading
Quadrocopter platform to be used for FPV aerial photography/videograpy. I have begun flight testing and will have video to share soon.
Equipment Used:
VC-20-450 WiiCopter BNF w/autolevel
ALware 3 Axis Super Cam Stand w/elastic landing gear
Additional set of landing gear modded w/spacers to double up & make stronger
FY-20A FSS used for camera stabilization on tilt & roll axis
Eagle Tree Complete OSD Pro System with GPS
1.3GHz 300mW Video Transmitter
GoPro Camera Cable
GoPro Hero HD modified with Sunex lens
3S 500mAh lipo for Vtx
3S 5000mAh lipo for flight controls
Futaba 9 channel R149DP PCM 1024 receiver
I stacked two additional center plates for room to mount all the extra gear & fabbed an aluminum battery holder/camera stand mount.
...Continue Reading
Equipment Used:
VC-20-450 WiiCopter BNF w/autolevel
ALware 3 Axis Super Cam Stand w/elastic landing gear
Additional set of landing gear modded w/spacers to double up & make stronger
FY-20A FSS used for camera stabilization on tilt & roll axis
Eagle Tree Complete OSD Pro System with GPS
1.3GHz 300mW Video Transmitter
GoPro Camera Cable
GoPro Hero HD modified with Sunex lens
3S 500mAh lipo for Vtx
3S 5000mAh lipo for flight controls
Futaba 9 channel R149DP PCM 1024 receiver
I stacked two additional center plates for room to mount all the extra gear & fabbed an aluminum battery holder/camera stand mount.
| Testing 3 Axis Camera Mount w/ FY-20A Stabilization (0 min 33 sec) |
