CrackerMcGillicuddy
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You're on the cutting edge of RC flight David, an RC hero of mine.. along with Trappy... oh, and of course, the cast and crew of Flitetest... and can't forget RCPowers.
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In Chad's basement
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Airwolf
Senior Member
It wasn't insider knowledge. Photo of the cockpit which looked almost perfectly like the Scorpion cockpit and dual-rotor setup took all of the guesswork out of it too... So it wasn't really a guess either ;]
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Well, then I am too stupid for that 
No honestly,
I didn´t see any kind of relation of that belonging to anything. I knew it was cockpit but not more.
No honestly,
I didn´t see any kind of relation of that belonging to anything. I knew it was cockpit but not more.
KuManChu
Junior Member
Welcome back to the US Dave. I really enjoyed your Everglades FPV video, it is truly awesome. Being trapped in Chad's basement sounds like a very good thing to me as I have spent some hours done there myself (usually having Chad repair my crashes). He has all the coolest stuff at your disposal. I have been really occupied with my other hobby right now, hunting, however I am hoping to arrange some time to come out and visit again soon.
Sorry for the lack of updates guys. It's been hard to sneak of to the computer to do updates the last couple of days. Chad is very observant. Anyway here is the latest and greatest
The Navi’s are though on even the model gunships.
Can’t wait to get this thing going.
Hmm flying bug FPV plane? Chad fixing the gunship.
Tubes
Tubes + cutting + soldering = Antenna
A small quad soon done. Gunship done in the background.
Seafury assembly time.
46 minutes later. All done, control surface deflection measured, CG checked, dual rates and expos programmed. Not a difficult build in other words.
I managed to sneak out to the garage where Bixler and Chad were working on a secret project. Chad spotted me just as I took the picture though. Now I only get to eat hotglue sticks for the rest of the week.
The project they are working on is so secret that they have to wait for the cover of darkness to pull it out of the garage in order to paint it.
I'm soldering on. Building on... Arbeit machts frei my fiends.
The Navi’s are though on even the model gunships.
Can’t wait to get this thing going.
Hmm flying bug FPV plane? Chad fixing the gunship.
Tubes
Tubes + cutting + soldering = Antenna
A small quad soon done. Gunship done in the background.
Seafury assembly time.
46 minutes later. All done, control surface deflection measured, CG checked, dual rates and expos programmed. Not a difficult build in other words.
I managed to sneak out to the garage where Bixler and Chad were working on a secret project. Chad spotted me just as I took the picture though. Now I only get to eat hotglue sticks for the rest of the week.
The project they are working on is so secret that they have to wait for the cover of darkness to pull it out of the garage in order to paint it.
I'm soldering on. Building on... Arbeit machts frei my fiends.
I love your humor! Cute little Cub and I like that Seafury!!!
PTRogers85
One 2 FLY
Looking Sweet David
Pic number one: I thought so.
Pic number two: I can see the cube!
Pic number three: You crashed it bad.
Pic number four and five: AMAZING!
Pic number six: Envy.
Pic number seven and eight: That's the one that runs on a 4s.
Pic number nine: E-pic!
Pic number ten: About the same size as the Brixler, dunno wut it is.
Wow David, 10 pics! You make me desire these episodes!
Pic number two: I can see the cube!
Pic number three: You crashed it bad.
Pic number four and five: AMAZING!
Pic number six: Envy.
Pic number seven and eight: That's the one that runs on a 4s.
Pic number nine: E-pic!
Pic number ten: About the same size as the Brixler, dunno wut it is.
Wow David, 10 pics! You make me desire these episodes!
Non Action Man
Nose Landing Specialist
From the looks of it, the gunship vectoring is done only with the shrouds? I thought you would have to vector the motor & prop as well to make the vectoring work, as seen on other models.
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
I absolutely love all of the pictures!!
So there do seem to be future episodes coming up about a quadcopter, education episode for antennas and a massive carrier plane and a warbird as well
Can´t wait to see them flying.
You guys help me soo much in considering what to do next!
So there do seem to be future episodes coming up about a quadcopter, education episode for antennas and a massive carrier plane and a warbird as well
Can´t wait to see them flying.
You guys help me soo much in considering what to do next!
IDK, but it would be better if you vector the whole thing, shroud, motor and prop altogether.
+1...Hey, where's that thumbs up button when you need it?
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
Yeah it would simply because if you only move the prop itself without the shroud the prop might touch the shroud if its big enough.
Also the shroud would be in the way the air is coming from and going out from so you will also end up in a loss of efficiency in thrust wich is not good at all for the controlability of the gunship.
I think the gunship already is hard to control! But still, I can't wait till Monday!
ananas1301
Crazy flyer/crasher :D
I would say it is not that hard to control for someone who started with flying planes or helicopters and has some experience with Tricopters or Quadcopters. That way you know what you´re excepting in a way.
However I have never flown anything other then my planes. My Tricopter is still in building progress and will be for very long.
So lets watch out for that upcoming episode
John Campbell
Senior Member
WOW.. Now that is FPV.. Says no animals were damaged in the making of this video... By watching the Gators and Lion, was any Quad or Tri copters damaged in the making of this video??
John
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