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Permalink Reply by Hein du Plessis on September 21, 2011 at 12:34pm

Hai, I was assuming the SW dry weight is 2.2kg (http://www.fpvflying.com/products/Skywalker-platform-for-UAV-FPV.htmlP) . My kit onboard is max 700g on it's own, so I think I'm closer to 2kg. Well, *was*, she's still MIA ;(

 

I'm pretty sure the issue was wrong CG.

 

Amazing how well such a relatively big piece of white foam can hide an a relatively small area !

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Permalink Reply by Hein du Plessis on September 24, 2011 at 4:24am

Hi Eric

 

I was seriously considering the fiberglass version! The only reason I ordered a EPO again was because it repairs easily, and I've got a total of 10 flights experience of flying RC...

 

I'm sure it can go much faster than the EPO version and would be easier in the wind.

 

Rather a small battery? I had a 6000 right in the nose. I've heard the CG should be 3cm back from the servo wire.

 

I've pretty much given up finding it, that's why I blew $360 last night on another kit from scratch. I still need the APM.

 

DAMN this is an expensive hobby!

 

Please let us know how yours handle!!

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Permalink Reply by Hein du Plessis on September 27, 2011 at 10:56pm

Hi Eric

Congratulations! What do you mean by the shaft is in the wrong direction?

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Permalink Reply by Hein du Plessis on September 30, 2011 at 7:47am

Is that bracket fixed?? Otherwise I can't see a problem? I didn't use mine's bracket.

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Permalink Reply by Hein du Plessis on October 9, 2011 at 10:40pm

In the mean time I ordered another motor and had the same problem as you!I found a tutorial on youtube how to reverse the shaft, quite easy, but your shaft should be reverable, unlike mine, which doen not have a flat spot to fix the screw on both sides.

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Cresp on September 30, 2011 at 7:26pm

Could you put another plane up over the site and take pics or video to find it. In the early days I have had to hire a light aircraft for an hour to successfully find a model buried in a wheat crop. It would be unusual to not be visible from the air. Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Hein du Plessis on October 1, 2011 at 12:43am

Thanks Jerry

 

Yes I had two flights - one with a tricopter with FPV gear, the second with my raidian pro fitter with a downward looking camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzJ1WXvv3M

 

Nothing found. I am starting to think it was picked up by someone else. It's within a nature reserve and I let the authorities know and offered an award. This was two weeks ago..

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