So for the past few days i have been building a FT Spear speed-build kit. I figured if I was going to drop the cash on a kit I would also strap on all the bells and whistles I had on hand.
I ended up using a flight control board, FPV setup, GPS, and diversity receiver. The video was recorded at 25mW by my Quanum cyclops box-goggles so it's not great quality. Future flights will be recorded by the FPV camera instead.
This was also flown LOS not FPV. FPV was for data collection only.
I have never flown a flying wing, so my corrections are a little jerky and the board was set to only mildly assist. I want to get OK with it (and confident in the boards functions) before I try using the INAV GPS features. My adrenaline was pumping hard the whole flight.
I would have liked to do a second flight on the spare battery I had brought, but I used industrial Velcro and couldn't get the leverage on the battery to get it out... LOL
On board equipment:
9x4.7 Gemfan prop (CW)
FT Radial "C-pack" motor
50 Amp ESC
WingFC (Furious FPV Wing board Chinese knock off?)
Flysky 16 channel IBus receiver
3s 2200mAh LiPO battery
Eachine Micro FPV Transmitter
U.FL to SMA adapter/extension
NIDICI RHCP Super Mini Stubby 5.8GHz 5dbi Antenna
Turbowing Cyclops V3 Recording FPV Camera
BN-880 GPS module (not beitan brand)
9-gram plastic-gear servos
Blue Hook-and-loop GoPro strap (sans gopro)
Off board equipment:
Flysky Fs-i6A with 16 channel firmware modification
Quanum Cyclops FPV goggles
2s 1000mAh LiPO battery
Many thanks to Dave for the hand launch and mid-flight advice!
Question for the community: I am red-green colorblind, what colors should I make this wing and what pattern? Focusing on LOS visibility.
I ended up using a flight control board, FPV setup, GPS, and diversity receiver. The video was recorded at 25mW by my Quanum cyclops box-goggles so it's not great quality. Future flights will be recorded by the FPV camera instead.
This was also flown LOS not FPV. FPV was for data collection only.
I would have liked to do a second flight on the spare battery I had brought, but I used industrial Velcro and couldn't get the leverage on the battery to get it out... LOL
On board equipment:
9x4.7 Gemfan prop (CW)
FT Radial "C-pack" motor
50 Amp ESC
WingFC (Furious FPV Wing board Chinese knock off?)
Flysky 16 channel IBus receiver
3s 2200mAh LiPO battery
Eachine Micro FPV Transmitter
U.FL to SMA adapter/extension
NIDICI RHCP Super Mini Stubby 5.8GHz 5dbi Antenna
Turbowing Cyclops V3 Recording FPV Camera
BN-880 GPS module (not beitan brand)
9-gram plastic-gear servos
Blue Hook-and-loop GoPro strap (sans gopro)
Off board equipment:
Flysky Fs-i6A with 16 channel firmware modification
Quanum Cyclops FPV goggles
2s 1000mAh LiPO battery
Many thanks to Dave for the hand launch and mid-flight advice!
Question for the community: I am red-green colorblind, what colors should I make this wing and what pattern? Focusing on LOS visibility.