Flyzone Calypso as platform

nicolas grunbaum October 29, 2015 at 12:51am

Hey, i'm using this calypso as platform with a pixhawk inside.

It flies great. I'm using a 3S2700 pack I made with panasonic li ion. I'm getting 2.5A current on cruise flight at 10m/s (airspeed).

It can fly at least 35 to 40 minutes with this single pack.

I'm planning on modifying the wings so i can stick 2 more 3S packs.

It's a great platform for slow fly.

Car6on14 > nicolas grunbaum October 29, 2015 at 6:29am

any idea how much weight you are flying with?
- nicolas grunbaum > Car6on14 October 29, 2015 at 9:04am
  
  800 or 850g i think. I can check that on monday.
Brady D > nicolas grunbaum October 29, 2015 at 4:14am

Do you have any pictures or the setup? I ask because I now have a calypso but have not starting adding the pixhawk in yet. While there is a lot of volume upfront it seems like it would become too nose heavy with the pix and a battery.
- nicolas grunbaum > Brady D October 29, 2015 at 8:57am
  
  As you can see, the pixhawk takes half the place on the cockpit, esc goes up front with the x8r receiver, 915 telemetry radio goes just next to the servos (i made a hole to pass the antenna). Airspeed sensor is on one wing away from the prop turbulence.
  
  Batery goes on top (on the CF plate i put there). The total weight is around 800 to 850 gr i think, and i had to add some lead on tail to eauilibrate the nose heavy (21gr on the tail)
  
  Here is a boring video of yesterday flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLNYRv_cUg
  
  I have some flight logs too on droneshare.
  - Car6on14 > nicolas grunbaum November 5, 2015 at 10:28am
    
    great pic of your setup, did you remove the wheel for additional payload / lower weight?

Brady D February 18, 2015 at 6:35am

So has there been any success with the Calypso as a platform. I would be interested in seeing setups and knowing what kind of flight times they are getting

Jarad January 9, 2014 at 7:05pm

I have this plane and am planning to put my spare apm into it.

there's not much room to fit stuff, i was thinking of running the batteries on the fuse at the cg under the wings.

Jay Glascoe January 2, 2014 at 5:53pm

Hey,

About 8 months on (which is a gaping eternity on the internet), I'd like to second this question.

Here's a link to a somewhat more ready-to-fly (it's Tx-R) version of same (from same reliable seller):

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCGNJ

The propeller blades do this when power isn't needed:

I can't find any pictures showing its relatively large interior, but here's a guy who just attached an FPV camera on the wing (and transmitters inside):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuh4uloY1Dk

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