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RiteWing Zephyr II + APM maiden flight

Posted by Mark Harrison on December 19, 2011 at 8:30pm


IMG_2375.JPG?width=300Had a great time maidening Andreas' new RiteWing Zephyr II with the APM.  The Zii flies very nicely, and works well with APM.

We flew in manual, stabilized, fbw-a, and auto modes.  We reduced the default speed from 45 to 35, which gave a nice smooth flight with a comfortable airspeed for our flying site.

There's some onboard video as well.  It's interesting to see the differences in turning in manual, fbw-a, and auto mode.

Next up: try using APM in conjunction with FPV.

More details and videos here:

http://eastbay-rc.blogspot.com/2011/12/ritewing-zephyr-ii-ardupilot-maiden.html

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Tags: ardupilot, maiden, zephyr
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  • Patrick Dudley July 2, 2012 at 11:34am

    What prop are you using Mark ?

  • steve March 2, 2012 at 2:13am
    Nice! Can't wait!
  • vilnis.lauva March 1, 2012 at 6:23am

    APM flies great with wings, I used it in falcon wing, just amazing, how smooth and nice it goes, in stabilization mode flies like on rails even with default parameters. 

  • steve February 13, 2012 at 5:20am

    I just ordered mine from ritewingrc.com so it's good to see APM plays nice with it. Does the stable mode make it easier to fly? My only experience with APM and a plane is with the skywalker AKA flying pig :)

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    Hein du Plessis January 6, 2012 at 2:16am

    Stunning flight Mark, can you estimate what's the maximum flight time one would get from the Zephyr II?

  • Alex December 20, 2011 at 2:57pm

    OK Thank you

  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison December 20, 2011 at 2:53pm

    @alex no, we used the standard zephyr elevon configuration: 3 channels, motor, left wing, right wing.  We used the radio transmitter mixing on Turnigy 9x.  This allows proper operation in manual mode.  We set elevon mode in the flight planner.

  • Alex December 20, 2011 at 2:39pm

    Did you use  for elerons "Y" connector?

  • Moderator
    Mark Harrison December 19, 2011 at 10:26pm

    NTM Prop Drive 35-36A 1800
    TURNIGY TRUST 70A SBEC


  • Developer
    Ryan Beall December 19, 2011 at 9:42pm

    motor esc?

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