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Permalink Reply by Christiaan van Vollenstee on March 26, 2014 at 5:18am

The Talon is a very fast plane and takes a long area to land it but a brilliant plane non the less. I have ordered the extension wings to make the talon wing span over 2m which will hopefully slow it down and make it easier to come land.

ModeratorPermalink Reply by Gary Mortimer on March 26, 2014 at 7:32am

Keep you first build very very very and I say again very light. When you have an arrival it will cause less damage. This will probably mean you have to put your battery right at the front. Don't add any FPV gear until you have at least 10 flight hours with your first real UAS!

Make sure you fly in a huge area and only turn when you are two or three mistakes high. The CG on the wing is exactly the right place and if you want it slightly more sporty put it on the wires.

I would not go down the 6S route on your first aircraft. Aircraft are much much cooler than multirotors largely because they need more skill to fly ;-)

The Talon is fantastic I am waiting on some parts to get a second one flying, hopefully with wing extensions (waiting on them as well)

MR60Permalink Reply by Hugues on March 26, 2014 at 10:41am

Thx for your advice's.

I spotted these wing extensions as well. 

Christian, are you selling those?

Permalink Reply by Christiaan van Vollenstee on March 26, 2014 at 11:37pm

Unfortunately only to South Africa, the shipping to the rest of the world is way to expensive. FPV Model might be selling them its best you contact them.

Permalink Reply by Drone-University.com on April 11, 2014 at 5:59am

Hi,

I am opening a drone school in France and I want to purchase a Talon for advanced training, while students will most certainly want to purchase it also at the end of their training.

Is fpvmodel the only way to ship to Europe ? Shipping cost is just horrendous, and I am not even talking about custom taxes. A European hub for selling the talon would be great.

Permalink Reply by Christiaan van Vollenstee on April 11, 2014 at 6:15am

If you can do a bulk order like 5 planes I can send it to you via china directly from the manufacture.

Permalink Reply by Ujjwal John on April 15, 2014 at 1:10pm

Ordered the Red Talon from Fpvstyle with free Wing extension!! Talon was available with my LHS at a bit higher cost, but the deal at FpvStyl ($99 + $40 shipping + Wing extension free ) was tempting.

I have Axi 2826/8 (around 11(around 920kv) lying with me. Would they be good for Talon ?? I have seen  people using lover KV motor and higher Cell count of 6S for long flight but Axi are known for their efficiency.

Permalink Reply by Chris Breytenbach on May 15, 2014 at 1:20pm

My Talon arrived this week. This would be my second uav, fist one and still flying is FX-61 wing. Very good uav but space get cramped when you add APM with telematry radios, video down link, still photo camera and 5000-10000mah batteries. Full load is 2,2-2,5kg with 40min flight time.

I hope the Talon will be able to carry this and give me 1hour flight time. I plan to use Turnigy G10 1100kv motor with 11x4 prop and 3s 5000mah batteries, because I have them at the moment. I know I can use a 4s, but will have to buy them, with the G10 with 9x6 prop. Will do tests to see which will give me the longest flight times.

I plan to paint it black underneath, and the body a bright orange.

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Permalink Reply by Drone-University.com on May 15, 2014 at 1:32pm

Thank you. A firend of mine purchased the Talon and for my needs, it is eventually not the plane I need ( Talon has a relatively high stall speed,  flies at a high speed in general, and is not so good in 2 axes so not adequate for a school ).

MR60Permalink Reply by Hugues on May 16, 2014 at 1:21pm

About motor for the Talon, i will first use a 4S config (to start lighter than with 6S) using a rctiger MN3510-700Kv with a 13x8 prop. Once I get to fly it correctly, I will move to a 6S with rctiger AT2826-550KV and 12x6 prop.

MR60Permalink Reply by Hugues on May 25, 2014 at 12:22pm

Build blog here :

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/xuav-talon-build-part-3-interna...

MR60Permalink Reply by Hugues on May 25, 2014 at 12:24pm

For information, with the following motor configuration:

4S config and a rctiger MN3510-700Kv with a 13x8 prop, I measured on the bench 1000 gr of thrust at 50% throttle , for a consumption of 8.8 amps (battery at 3.8V per cell)

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