KK 2.0 Board on a Radian. Is it possible?

[Loc8tor]

Can you put a kk board for mutlirotors on an air plane? Have you done it? How did the plane perform, and how did it react on auto level?

 

[xuzme720]

I know you can, but have never tried it myself so can't help beyond saying you can...

 

[vk2dxn]

I have seen a vid on YouTube, the plane flew really well even in wind gusts

 

[lonewolf7717]

Shoot ain't no thang. Just got to change firmware to fixed wing.....side note....seems like just a couple years ago I was buying headlock copter gyros and slapping them in anywhere they would fit...one for each axis. Now it's a tiny cheap board and a couple mouse clicks....amazing

 

[rcspaceflight]

If you just want some 3axis stability, there are cheaper ways to go. I still have an Orange 3axis gyro that I never used. I bought it to make it easier to learn how to fly, but I never used it and now I'd prefer to just fight against the wind myself. I think it was only $15, but I recently saw that Hobby King now sells an Rx with the 3axis gyro built in. (I think Orange brand and it may only work with an Orange brand Tx.)

 

[Loc8tor]

I've been having issues with my tricopter and am thinking of using the parts for other things. Like building swappables and trying that kk on my radian.

 

[lonewolf7717]

When that cheap orange 3 axis module came out at HK is about the time I got out of the gyro stabilized game. Isn't a bad unit but found in my case it required gain recalibration with almost every new flight. Nothing against gyros but for me it seemed a bit time consuming when all I really wanted to do was fly.

 

[Loc8tor]

I did find the flash for the kk board for airplanes. but I don't have ailerons so idk if it would work. Did flash a new multicopter flash on it and my tricopter now flies. May buy another kk board for my plane.

 

[tramsgar]

Try OpenAero 2: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1708175

 

[Loc8tor]

thanks

 

[tramsgar]

To answer the rest of your question - yes, I've used it on a plane, a Bixler 2. It behaved prefectly on the ground but I really never had the chance to trim in the parameters before it took the eternal dive (elevator clevis came loose - not KK2's fault, rather the klutz that built the kit). The board survived, btw, the rest went into the trash.

 

[Loc8tor]

So you have not seen it fly a plane?

 

[tramsgar]

Yes, it flew just fine until it crashed =). I did try the stability and levelling, but both were off when it "landed". But I never got the chance to trim the parameters, just went with the defaults, that's my point. I wouldn't hesitate to put it in another plane, and time permitting I would have already. There are plenty of demo videos and a huge thread on RCG attesting that it works just fine. You must read through the docs carefully, though, follow all the steps.