The aim this evening was to prove the new flybarless head with the ACM, and whether it would make a good deal of difference to the flight characteristics. We flew a full 5 min flight which is pretty good as the Heli is quite heavy now with all the extras fitted to it. Also i use a separate flight and main Power battery. a 2700mah 2cell and a 5000mah 6cell.
So the test consisted of some figure of eights and slow pirouettes in stabilise. After which we flew away around 40ft and gained altitude of around 35-40ft and entered into Loiter Mode. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Had one small glitch when we had to switch out of Loiter and regain control, the second Loiter test went a whole lot better, it really seemed to be holding it. Unfortunately we had to land as we have a full flight time of around 6 mins and we didn't want to push the point.
I'll be posting the logs of today's flight in my discussion
Thanks to Randy and the rest of the community....
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Hi Randy i posted the log in the Discussion. i'll post it again at the end of the discussion, it'll be easier to find.
The first test it looks like it basically flew off forwards (and up)...then realised it was a long way from where it wanted to be and then powered it self backwards towards you at a fairly high rate of speed. What that indicates to me is that your P is too low and so it's the I term that slowly catching up and then taking over...So I'd definitely reduce the IMAX down to 500 (5 degrees) or so.
So it looks like the semi-successful loiter test was at the 4:00~4:20 point. Perhaps it was just in a more stable situation when you switched it into loiter so it went better.
Looking forward to see the logs.
Great Stuff, I have just been completely over run with work this week and it's not a complaint, just means the fun part of flying takes a back seat. I guess we will need to hook you up with the telemetry shortly?
Enjoy the nationals if we don't speak before, will I need to order a lot more kits in for this latest traing aid you will be talking about ;)
Regards
Martin
Hi Martin, It went a lot better than expected. I'll get over to you next week , as this weekend i'm off to the BMFA Nationals with it, been asked to help out on a pitch. I'll take the Razor with if anyone wants to look over it.
I'll bring the buddy box :)
Malcolm,
That is looking great, I'm gutted I have missed the last two test flights, I so want to see this up close and personal :)
Oh and have a go of course...... ;)
Regards
Martin