FT Explorer Twin motor set up

[peter97silva]

Here are some more pics of my Explorer, it is a bit on the heavy side with 1765grams but it is equipped with a lot of stuff, 4.4Ah Lipo, landing gear, nav and strobe lights, gopro cam and fpv cam with pan mount and buzzer to call attention
Hope you enjoy with, just waiting for good weather to Maiden it

 

[peter97silva]

Video

Based on this post and a friends advice, I've made a summary tutorial of the ft explorer twin motor conversion
Hope you enjoy


(Still have to maiden it hope it flies :/ )

 

[magic_marty]

Great video hope it inspires others to do the conversion which in my opinion makes the explorer even better..Also with the twin setup the tail boom can be mounted up where the original motor pod sets..

 

[peter97silva]

Great video hope it inspires others to do the conversion which in my opinion makes the explorer even better..Also with the twin setup the tail boom can be mounted up where the original motor pod sets..

Do you think it would fly well with the boom so high?

 

[magic_marty]

Honestly have no idea if it will fly better or perhaps the same..I can't test it cause i used that opening for the GPS on the pixhawk..

 

[peter97silva]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-yB-rrN98

And finally, here is the maiden video It flies very well and has a lot of power, very easy to hand launch
Hope you like!

 

[JimCR120]

Parabéns!

 

[magic_marty]

Congrats on the maiden and thanks for posting a video, looks very nice and flies well with plenty of power...Inspires me to give the 2206's a try on mine to see how it performs..Currently i sill have the 2212's mounted ..

 

[peter97silva]

I CRASHED the TWIN EXPLORER

Well, trying the stock angle of atack of the explorer wing it flew so bad and because it was windy I couldnt bring it back down
Hope you enjoy the video and remember, put 5mm at the front between the wing and fuse to make your explorer flew as dreams

 

[magic_marty]

Found some props i been looking for to try on my twin finally...Cause i run one motor CW and the other CCW to counter any torque roll i been using slow fly gemfan props but these should perform better cause they are actual airplane props and should have better thrust with less flex hopefully...Also available in other sizes..
http://www.banggood.com/APC-Style-9...-Blade-CW-CCW-For-RC-Airplane-p-1047481.html?

Should be here tomorrow and i hope to test them out this weekend after good balance of coarse..

 

[Barwell]

What mess???