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The new Javelin Mk2 test flight

Posted by Ryan on October 10, 2011 at 5:03pm

Finally a somewhat nice enough of a day for us to put another flight on the new Javelin Mk2. It's very windy however and cross wind too - I do hate Melbourne weather.

In this flight, I'm just getting the control surface angles and mixings dial in so we can input that into the autopilot. All live telemetry was recorded.

It flies really well and plenty of power and lift. Current weight comes in at 11kg with a design max gross of 16 - 17kg

 

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  • Ryan October 11, 2011 at 2:27pm

    Thanks all!

    Yeah, it was very windy - always windy here in Melbourne

    Yes the I design the engine and it's not open source - sorry.

     

    Regards,

  • Lorentz October 11, 2011 at 2:05pm

    @Ryan

    Great plane, I'm also a fan of inverted V-tail.

    Did you designed the diesel engine ?

    Is the design "open source" ?

     

    Regards

  • Kirill October 11, 2011 at 12:00pm

    Very cool! But the wind seems to be too strong even for a such big plane...

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    Jean-Louis Naudin October 11, 2011 at 9:07am

    Good work Ryan, your Javelin Mk2 fly very well. I like the music...

    Regards, Jean-Louis

  • Ryan October 11, 2011 at 5:35am

    It's the Transformer theme song I think

     

  • penpen October 11, 2011 at 5:00am

    gorgeous plane ! what is the song used in video ?

  • Ryan October 11, 2011 at 3:26am

    Indeed!

     

  • Moderator
    Gary Mortimer October 11, 2011 at 12:05am

    Nice one and what a wonderul AF sad day for the OBC today.

  • Ryan October 10, 2011 at 9:32pm

    This is the GoProHD. The PanTiltZoom is fully stabilized with GPS refference, tracking, etc...different animal altogether.

  • Awni Hafedh October 10, 2011 at 9:21pm

    Try the GoPro HD instead, it is cheaper, can be used for FPV and records on SD at the same time, and the best feature is the 60 fps which you can slow it down to 30 fps and it will look beautiful.

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