Current project....Mini Talon

[PsyBorg]

I'm looking forward to the maiden. Head tracker in the post!!

One word of advice about the head tracker when you set it up. BEFORE any power ups go into your radio and set the travel on the servos to 50% and the speed to 50%. I power slammed and burnt out 7 brand new servos the first time I messed with head tracking before I figured what was happening. Then you can adjust out to suit your needs.

 

[CarolineTyler]

Added a strobe to the plane...so bright!!!!
I have dots in my vision just from filming it 😆😆😆

Flytron strobon v2 with its custom cover.

 

[Wildthing]

Added a strobe to the plane...so bright!!!!
I have dots in my vision just from filming it 😆😆😆

Flytron strobon v2 with its custom cover.

That's cool

 

[CarolineTyler]

What's better than one strobe that has 3-mile visibility?
TWO !!!!

 

[Wildthing]

What's better than one strobe that has 3-mile visibility?
TWO !!!!

Blinded by the light

 

[bracesport]

@CarolineTyler - very nice - I do like these toys!

 

[bracesport]

@CarolineTyler - which strobes did you buy?

 

[CarolineTyler]

@CarolineTyler - which strobes did you buy?

Flytron strobon v2 with its custom cover.

 

[Piotrsko]

Flytron strobon hmm and only £4 but probably twice that to the states. £4.15 for red.

SO, looking at this I have a question: plugged into a spare channel could it indicate Loss Of Signal?
My stuff goes OFF on LOS, but I suppose you could rig it differently say on a failsafe system with a colored cover. Worst case when it stopped flashing you have a LOS incident. Not that would help preventing crashes, but if a survivable brief episode occurred, knowing about it might help.

 

[CarolineTyler]

Flytron strobon hmm and only £4 but probably twice that to the states.

SO, looking at this I have a question: plugged into a spare channel could it indicate Loss Of Signal?
My stuff goes OFF on LOS, but I suppose you could rig it differently say on a failsafe system with a colored cover. Worst case when it stopped flashing you have a LOS incident. Not that would help preventing crashes, but if a survivable brief episode occurred, knowing about it might help.

They pull very little power when strobing, and they do a stand alone version with its own battery backup!

 

[Piotrsko]

Yes I'm over at the site drooling about the widgets and doo-dads that YOU can buy

 

[CarolineTyler]

Got my 2nd flight on the Mini Talon and it flew beautifully. The auto stabilisation works great and those two strobes, on a grey day line today they really helped with line of sight flying.
Next flight on this model, I go on FPV for tuning of the servos and the PIDs.

 

[bracesport]

and record some video?!

 

[The Hangar]

and record some video?!

+1

 

[CarolineTyler]

and record some video?!

Yes, Video will be happening, maybe even this weekend - Fingers crossed for the weather!!!!

 

[CarolineTyler]

Today's flight of the Mini Talon, air temp was around 0 degrees centigrade. And the light was rather awful!
Still the plane flew great!!!

 

[Wildthing]

Today's flight of the Mini Talon, air temp was around 0 degrees centigrade. And the light was rather awful!
Still the plane flew great!!!

Looks like it flies really nice.

 

[CarolineTyler]

Looks like it flies really nice.

Yep, others at the field were surprised not only by how acrobatic it was but also didn't expect it to be so fast!
I hit 110kph or 70mph and over 5 positive G's

 

[CarolineTyler]

Bit of testing for tomorrow.... 1.3Ghz video.
Made a transmitter that I'm popping up in the loft window and a monitor/receiver tray for driving off and testing the range.

😀😀😀

 

[Wildthing]

Bit of testing for tomorrow.... 1.3Ghz video.
Made a transmitter that I'm popping up in the loft window and a monitor/receiver tray for driving off and testing the range.
View attachment 154979
😀😀😀

Cool idea, if you are doing the testing by yourself I would put the camera in the loft and you drive away with the tx so you can see when the signal starts top go away.