Current project....Mini Talon

[CarolineTyler]

The next plane in the hanger is this Mini Talon. Has a Matek F405-Wing flight controller in it with GPS and a pan/tilt camera on the nose. Same motor as the Spitfire, Sunnysky 2216 1250Kv and an 8x6 APC prop. I've laminated it completely for protection, which was....fun? No, actually blooming difficult on the body. Still working on the VTX location and the receiver placement. Initially its going to have a FrSky 12channel XM+ but will change it to Crossfire later on.

Not scratch built but a whole lot of plane for the price!!

 

[Merv]

Great looking plane

 

[The Hangar]

The next plane in the hanger is this Mini Talon. Has a Matek F405-Wing flight controller in it with GPS and a pan/tilt camera on the nose. Same motor as the Spitfire, Sunnysky 2216 1250Kv and an 8x6 APC prop. I've laminated it completely for protection, which was....fun? No, actually blooming difficult on the body. Still working on the VTX location and the receiver placement. Initially its going to have a FrSky 12channel XM+ but will change it to Crossfire later on.
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Not scratch built but a whole lot of plane for the price!!

Have you flown it yet?

 

[CarolineTyler]

Have you flown it yet?

Not quite ready for flight . Soonish!

 

[Jackson T]

That pan/tilt will be fun! I should build a pan/tilt for my FPV motor glider.

 

[CarolineTyler]

I may try a test flight of the Mini Talon on Sunday. Line of sight, without the camera mount and VTX. Finished adding 3D printer bumper to nose and carbon fiber strip to rear skid/fin, both for landing protection.

 

[Wildthing]

What is the wing span on it?

 

[CarolineTyler]

What is the wing span on it?

1.3m wingspan and a nice thick chord.

 

[Wildthing]

1.3m wingspan and a nice thick chord.

That's way bigger then it looks, should be able to handle a good payload. Wonder why they call it a mini

 

[CarolineTyler]

That's way bigger then it looks, should be able to handle a good payload. Wonder why they call it a mini

Because its bigger than the nano Talon (.86m wingspan) and smaller than the Talon (1.718m wingspan). I will eventually be flying it with a 5-6000mAh 4S

 

[Jackson T]

That's way bigger then it looks, should be able to handle a good payload. Wonder why they call it a mini

Whenever I saw a mini Talon I thought it was much smaller too, like 70cm wingspan or so.

 

[CarolineTyler]

So I have ended up fitting the camera mount with its two axis swivel. The wind is looking stronger and stronger for tomorrow but I'm still hoping to maiden it. I have channels 9 & 10 feeding straight through the flight controller for the camera pointing and will have a head tracker eventually feeding into the transmitter to control that. For the moment, it's on the two rotary controls and I've set a failsafe switch which will lock the camera straight and forward if thrown.

 

[CarolineTyler]

Q. What do you do when the biggest 4S battery you have (4500mah) is just too light???
A. Use some offcut foamboard and poster board to safety and securely attach an adjustable spanner (wrench) to it
Now it weighs as much as the 5200mAh 4S it's designed for!

 

[Piotrsko]

4, or 6 inch Spanner? Asking because I was surprised someone else would actually do that.

 

[CarolineTyler]

4, or 6 inch Spanner? Asking because I was surprised someone else would actually do that.

It's about 5" long, just didn't want to waste my sticky backed weights on a temporary solution and that spanner was perfect 😂😂

 

[IanSR]

4, or 6 inch Spanner? Asking because I was surprised someone else would actually do that.

LOL there's more of us that do daft things like that than you'd think.

A guy in our club put a pan/tilt on his wing with head tracking control, he's fallen off the chair a few times looking down at us for the wing as he's flown overhead so be careful of that, it brings a whole new meaning to faceplant.

 

[CarolineTyler]

LOL there's more of us that do daft things like that than you'd think.

A guy in our club put a pan/tilt on his wing with head tracking control, he's fallen off the chair a few times looking down at us for the wing as he's flown overhead so be careful of that, it brings a whole new meaning to faceplant.

Flying acro quads has made me pretty good at disconnecting my body movements from what I'm seeing

 

[man-bot]

You mean you have become immune to doing the Stevie Wonder bob n weave dance when flying? You will have to teach me as I still nearly fall off the bench when I am really pushing my flying hehe.

 

[CarolineTyler]

You mean you have become immune to doing the Stevie Wonder bob n weave dance when flying? You will have to teach me as I still nearly fall off the bench when I am really pushing my flying hehe.

The head still goes for it, just not the body

 

[man-bot]

I dont rock n roll much anymore but I do find I have to pay attention to where my head turns. More then one occasion my fingers have gone all tingly when my head gets twisted too far against my neck fusion. That or the FPV stare at your feet thing. Im not sure why that happens on mostly level (ish) flight