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The last journey of my EasyStar

Posted by Peter-Hans de Zwarte on March 4, 2012 at 11:00am

I recently bought a GoPro (HD Hero2) for my EasyStar, but managed to crash it before I could mount the camera.
But I just had to see the HD footage from the sky's, so I glued the EasyStar together again.


I throw it in the air and immediately felt it was tail heavy and banked to the left.
I trimmed it a bit and managed to fly it reasonably well, I still never got comfortable whit it.

I still got some great footage from the flight for you to enjoy.


Sadly this EasyStar never got to fly properly with the ArduPilot Mega it was intended for.
I actually think the crash was caused by the wing/wings getting loose.

Luckily the tree branches and foam probably saved my GoPro. 

I don't think I will fix this EasyStar anymore, it is quit bent and like you can see from the video the top got cut clean off. I have ordered an TekSumo from HobbyKing and looking forward to learn to fly a wing, don't know yet if APM can handle the TekSumo?

Tags: easystar, fusa, gopro, hd, hero2, multiplex, norway, rauvoll, strandvik, zwarte
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  • YureZzZ March 6, 2012 at 11:51am

    Ardupilot is ok with Tek Sumo wing. Just don't make that wing heavy. I've tried that, now ardupilot is on EPP FPV, and Tek Sumo is for FPV only.

  • Dez Socks March 5, 2012 at 9:02am

    Maybe it was the magnets that attracted it to that one big rock! lol

    But seriously sorry for your loss, i nearly didn't want to see the crashing part.

    The TekSumo looks very good and i am nearly sure the apm can handle it no problem.Toby Mills has a skyfun  reinforced with masking tape and has a 3000mAh battery.He can fly fast and just glide and uses an apm here is the post Skyfun


  • Peter-Hans de Zwarte March 5, 2012 at 8:39am

    @Eagle: Indeed it is a part of the hobby. Thanks for the advise. I actually used both magnets (Some weary cheap and bad ones) and some velcro. But the glue/tape on the velcro has loosened a lot, and some bad magnets and the added weight of the GoPro probably got the best of the wings.
    I must admit I was building speed to perform a loop, and right when I was about to pull up, this happened.

    @Kim Skatun: Flying together would be fun, give me a PM or something when you are ready for it and I'm in.

  • Kim Skatun March 5, 2012 at 12:50am

    Hi

    Great to see some aerial video from home!! I will be home for 4 days from the 25th of march, maybe we can get some flying done together, I even have several planes laying around, you can have some of them if you want to.

    Kim

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