Originally Posted by Jovanx

There are so many cameras in that category, that I am bewildered by the options. I know you are a camera guy, and am wondering if you know of a good one of the type I'm referring to.

I know the type but am not current on recent models. My last minicam was one that uses tape.

I suggest going to a store that has a decent selection and good prices (Walmart?) and checking them out.

I am soon going to be doing the same as you/. As said before am not fond of the Hero that everyone seems to be infatuated with (overly wide FOV and fisheye distortion) so will be interested in what you wind up with.

It is really hard to beat type of camera like GoPro or the other equivalents for size and weight and durability. Also vibration resistance. I used the Sony Webbie in the beginning and it was a great little camera, but it was not water proof and I actually like the fisheye view, I did not like the very limiting narrow field of view. Also, it did not like any motor vibration, lots of Jello effect. The small consumer cameras I checked out in stores have inferior picture quality, most limited to 30 fps and are surprisingly heavy for their size, with auto focus issues in our environment and light sensitivity issues. Also they have, for our purpose, useless zoom, which just adds weight, many will not take even one hard landing. I think they still make the Bloggie, with the rotating lens it was very aerodynamic. I now use mine, the Webbie, as a hat cam, great for that. Good luck in your search.

Originally Posted by kaptondave

I know the type but am not current on recent models. My last minicam was one that uses tape.

I suggest going to a store that has a decent selection and good prices (Walmart?) and checking them out.

Keep us posted on what you wind up with.

Originally Posted by socommk23

fair comment.

however my 4 meter ask21 rolls better than this. lol

and so then the question becomes, what is different? Are the throws significantly different, or the aileron surface area as a percent of the wing area? You aren't going to get a fast roll with 3/16" deflection on the ailerons. I'm not sure the radian would roll well with 45 degree deflection either. The ailerons aren't very big

Originally Posted by socommk23

after flying my rad pro a few times i getting quite disgruntled with the lack of aileron authority.

Have you tried a CF wing tube yet? It stops the wings from flapping and gives the ailerons some more authority. Also if your radio has enough mixes, you could have the flaps following the ailerons and that should do it.

Also some people have extended them out to the wing tips to increase the roll rate. Of course they would be more vulnerable to damage.

Originally Posted by ddruck

...with auto focus issues in our environment and light sensitivity issues. Also they have, for our purpose, useless zoom, which just adds weight, many will not take even one hard landing.

Yes, auto focus can really get annoying at times. For this type of application, I would like to be able to just set it to infinity and lock it there. I also want to use the camera for ground-based video and other things unrelated to RC, so the zoom will get used for sure.

Originally Posted by ddruck

It is really hard to beat type of camera like GoPro or the other equivalents for size and weight and durability.

Well, that depends on what you want to see in your images. The Hero's full-sensor FOV is about equal to a 12 mm lens on a 35 mm camera, which would be classified as ultra-wide or fisheye.. It is designed for closeup photography of personal action sports like snowboarding, which is the kind of activity featured in their promotional videos. For distant subjects as typically encountered in AP that means that ground detail is very small. To me the most annoying aspect is the curved horizon, especially when the view is tilting up and down making the horizon flap like a pair of bird wings. If that is what you want or can live with then all is good, but people shopping for AP cameras need to be aware of that.

Yes definitely all correct, It is in eye of a beholder, But we found huge issues with cameras not designed for rough service as I mentioned before that we could not live with. If the Webbie/Bloggie was water proof it was our favorite, many of the cheap handhelds were just overweight junk. But I have not checked lately, there are some new cameras surfaced in last 6 months. And GoPro 3 looks very cool. I like Gadgets!

Originally Posted by kaptondave

Well, that depends on what you want to see in your images. The Hero's full-sensor FOV is about equal to a 12 mm lens on a 35 mm camera, which would be classified as ultra-wide or fisheye.. It is designed for closeup photography of personal action sports like snowboarding, which is the kind of activity featured in their promotional videos. For distant subjects as typically encountered in AP that means that ground detail is very small. To me the most annoying aspect is the curved horizon, especially when the view is tilting up and down making the horizon flap like a pair of bird wings. If that is what you want or can live with then all is good, but people shopping for AP cameras need to be aware of that.

i have no idea how to get the flaps to work as full length ailerons aswell as flaps and crow and reflex and camber

Originally Posted by socommk23

i have no idea how to get the flaps to work as full length ailerons aswell as flaps and crow and reflex and camber

You need at least a 7ch Rx and have all four wing servos in separate channels (plus elevator, rudder, and throttle). Then you need a computer radio that supports flaperons and dual servo ailerons and dual servo flaps. it's a pretty standard configuration for a sailplane

What radio do you have?

Originally Posted by socommk23

i have no idea how to get the flaps to work as full length ailerons aswell as flaps and crow and reflex and camber

i have a dx8. ive tried to get it to wor as discussed but the flaps would not play ball. they would go down with an aileron but not up. then one would go both ways the other only down.
gave up.

This comes under the heading of " Just because you can do it; doesn't mean your should! "

I had a custom CNC aluminium motor adapter plate sitting here for almost a year knowing that sooner or later I would ruin a PKZ motor. Has never happened. So on my last HK order I added a Turnigy NTM 3536 1000KV 380W but accidentally ordered the 1400KV 550W instead. Looks identical, 2
dollars cheaper and almost 200W more.

Well I just had to try this with a Graupner 11 X 6, 60A Turnigy Super Brain ESC that logs data and a new Turnigy NanoTech 1300mAh 3S 45-90C that fits the Radian perfectly. The 60A ESC is a squeeze in my Radian Stubby 3.0

The limiting device is the motor rated at 55A and 550W. On my 9X this is 1 mark below 1/2 throttle. I programmed the THRO limits ( nice thing about using the 9X with Open 9X ) so WOT was 45% so that I wouldn't accidentally cook the motor.

Here are the results of a bench test. Output was close to predicted by DriveCalculator 3.4 using a similar motor and at about 70-75% efficiency gives an output of about 400W ( 1/2 HP ).

Warning... 30 seconds sprints are okay every 10 minutes as might happen out on the field but at the end of the test, running the motor for about 2 minutes over a 10 minute period, it was getting damned hot so I put the computer dusk-off to it inverted to get a nice freeze otherwise the plastic cowlling and foam nose may have had some heat damage just sitting there to cool down by itself.

Turnigy NLM3635-1400KV Graupner 11 X 6 (3 min 54 sec)

I want my Pro to climb much better (not really needing vertical but the closer the better.
I have stock hub, esc and battery without changing anything other than maybe battery what do I need and where can I get it?
Thanks

Originally Posted by kaptondave

Well, that depends on what you want to see in your images. The Hero's full-sensor FOV is about equal to a 12 mm lens on a 35 mm camera, which would be classified as ultra-wide or fisheye.. It is designed for closeup photography of personal action sports like snowboarding, which is the kind of activity featured in their promotional videos. For distant subjects as typically encountered in AP that means that ground detail is very small. To me the most annoying aspect is the curved horizon, especially when the view is tilting up and down making the horizon flap like a pair of bird wings. If that is what you want or can live with then all is good, but people shopping for AP cameras need to be aware of that.

Ok guys, to be fair to the crowd that does not like GoPro type cameras I remembered a guy in Quebec that did semi professional videos with a camcorder, Canon Vixia HF20, on Easy Glider Pro FPV quite successfully, He called himself Funjet2008 Here is a picture and video flying with camcorder on his glider for those interested. It is not Radian but easily could be. The conversion to pylon mounted motor is pretty standard for any fultime AV glider.

Aerial Flyover - (Le Making of) - Club de Golf de Lorette mai 2010 (2 min 59 sec)

Originally Posted by Radio.Active

The limiting device is the motor rated at 55A and 550W. On my 9X this is 1 mark below 1/2 throttle. I programmed the THRO limits ( nice thing about using the 9X with Open 9X ) so WOT was 45% so that I wouldn't accidentally cook the motor.

Careful, it is easy to delude yourself with that kind of logic.

At half throttle the ESC is hitting the motor with full-amplitude current pulses having a duty cycle of approximately 50%. The point is that you are not limiting the maximum current the motor sees, just how long it on. During the ON part of the cycle the current is the same as at WOT. It is still possible to toast it even though the average power might be within spec limits, which might explane why it is getting so hot.