A lot of people wanted to know what these proximity passes they see in our videos look like unedited, from top to bottom. So we went through the archives and dug up some we haven't shown yet, and made a quick video. Hope you like it:
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Jerry, thanks! lots of expo is the key. we have 80% on aileron usually. though we didn't go over half the roll rate on any of these maneuvers :)
Telemetry is sent down via the 2.4GHz audio channel. Flight is done over 2.4GHz video channel. We're working on a RTH solution based on the APM2. RiSCyD (TBS member) has installed it and used it successfully already, the goal now is to teach the plane how to return of it flies behind montains, etc.
Intense! How did you get you wing to be that responsive ? I noticed the roll to the left to avoid a tree. What frequency band do you use for telemetry ? Also, does an autopilot kick in if you loose signal ?
That's some great flying skills.
you are more than welcome to try. in the interest of safety, we only fly with highly proofed equipment in the way that you see in the video :)
you call a controlled airbrake simple? :) we are KISS people - one thing goes wrong, it means a long walk. the yawing is not noticeable in flight. plenty of people have tried. nobody has come up with a solution so far that does not make the aircraft more complicated. we've been having a lot of fun with a little bit of yaw while others have built countless of planes and made countless of experiments - and will probably go back to what we fly with eventually :)
any plane weighing 2kg travelling at 150 - 200kph through turbulence is going to get knocked around. look at 99% of the FPV "conventional aircraft designs", they have terrible roll stability or very bad elevator authority and return to level flight by themselves both on roll and on pitch. A wing, for the most part, flies like a dart, which gives the best feeling of flight.
arashi, working on something like that in the near future.
thanks james & carl! keep in mind these were from last year ... :) I think we've stepped things up quite a bit after fine-tuning our aircraft a bit more.
nice as always