Went and flew at 60 acres today. only had time for a 20 minute test flight. the camera was out of focus and it was getting dark. This was flown with a foxtech 370 kv motor , two 5000 mah 6s lipos, APC 12x8, castle ICE 50 ESC, minum OSD and APM2.5 (data logging only for now)
This is from the logger on the ESC. and full log from ESC from the looks of it I am good for well over 3 hours flight time.
techpods in stock and shipping now. hobbyuav.com
Thanks
wayne
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I guess I know what i'm going to do with my TechPod now! What kind of cameras do you guys have in mind? We've got a sony nex-5n that we can use
http://store.sony.com/p/Sony-NEX-5-18-55mm-lens/en/p/NEX5NK/B
and also a HackHD
http://www.hackhd.com/
I'll get to finishing the build video(using that same sony camera =D) then see about getting it in there facing down.
@R_Lefebvre
it flies awesome in the wind. naturally it's going to take some more energy to fly into the wind, but unfortunately i don't have a number to give you. Wayne might have something?
yes I will do a set up with a heavy camera and 1 hour flight time. I am just very time limited right now. I can ship the US orders from my place in seattle, washington. I have a distro in AUS and one in the EU.
I just shipped 34 units today. I was able to ship all the US kit orders from kickstarter. working on the international orders tonight. I have a few already printed out. should have most of them in the mail tomorrow.
Oh, OK. So you have distribution in America, that's basically what I was interested. I saw that comment about Australia, and wondered if it meant they were all shipped out of there. I couldn't find info on it.
It might also be helpful to people if you did something like outfit one with 3S or 4S 5000mAh battery, carrying a camera, and show it doing a 1 hour mission. Something like that that is more of a typical mission.
Robert - per the website, for Australia, contact admin@boltrc.com
For your purpose, I believe you'll find they ship from Washington State. Lynnwood, if you are interested.
Wayne, how well will this fly in a wind? I'm worried about the cruise speed being a low-ish 30 mph, with a max of 55? What happens if you were flying in a 20mph wind? If you need to go upwind, could be a bit of a chore for it? How much power would it take fly at 50mph airspeed?
Also, do these ship out of Australia?
Wayne: I'd like to see more information showing how orthogonally oriented payloads can be implemented. I think you would do yourself a great service showing off just such an arrangement. There are a great number of FPV RC airframes out there, and yours is unquestionably suitable for that purpose. There are fewer orthogonal/NADIR ready airframes.
Personally, I think you'll get more interest emphasizing a down-facing camera in an autopilot community than the forward facing FPV-style camera. After all, three hours is a workhorse but if you are cruising around with FPV, then you want to fly, not be along as the passive passenger. On the other hand, with an autopilot and a purpose (which is likely to be down-facing) the FPV capability is good for orientation, mission monitoring, and takeoff/landing. But the application is in showing off that payload flexibility...
@jack
I guess you missed the 'squatch in that out of focus area.lol..
@keeyan
ya thats what it looks like. I could have flown 4 hours.
@R_Lefebvre
Thanks, Its been a massive amount of work.
@Michael
It carried an APM, minum OSD, camera, VTx, In all about .75 lbs worth of payload. and It could have done 4 hours possibly. Of course you could fly with less battery and more payload if you wish.
An important question, no point for it to fly for a few hour but do nothing.
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