Hi guys & gals .. I've poured over the interwebnets and can't seem to find anyone who's done what I have an idea for so I thought I'd throw it out there and see if anyone here has done it/heard of it and what you more experienced pilots think.
I'm got a Blade 350 QX2 (Ap Combo) I enjoy ripping around in but something that bothers me is the landing gear. I prefer flying in agility mode and so my landings aren't perfectly vertical - I enjoy coming in on a nice approach and touching down like a full scale heli would do (heels THEN toes). I'm actually pretty good at this, however, with the rigid landing gear on the QX2 (or any of the Blade quadcopters for that matter) the force travels through the frame and it tends to bounce no matter how gently you come down. There's also what I consider to be a design flaw in the skids - pointed toes.
Now, as far as I'm concerned there's a very good reason that full scale heli skids aren't flush at the front - when you skid it tends to catch on whatever you're landing on and tips the craft forward, causing the props to hit the ground and disaster ensues. In fact, the only crashes I've had with this bird so far have been from catching the toes on touchdown and rolling forward.
I also have a 1/10 truck and recently replaced the suspension system on it and it got me thinking - why is it that nobody I can find hasn't incorporated a pair of shocks from a RC truck into the landing system? Just enough to absorb some of the shock so that when you touch down you aren't sending the shock through the frame and causing it to bounce.
Just a thought, I'd appreciate any feedback you might have.
I'm got a Blade 350 QX2 (Ap Combo) I enjoy ripping around in but something that bothers me is the landing gear. I prefer flying in agility mode and so my landings aren't perfectly vertical - I enjoy coming in on a nice approach and touching down like a full scale heli would do (heels THEN toes). I'm actually pretty good at this, however, with the rigid landing gear on the QX2 (or any of the Blade quadcopters for that matter) the force travels through the frame and it tends to bounce no matter how gently you come down. There's also what I consider to be a design flaw in the skids - pointed toes.
Now, as far as I'm concerned there's a very good reason that full scale heli skids aren't flush at the front - when you skid it tends to catch on whatever you're landing on and tips the craft forward, causing the props to hit the ground and disaster ensues. In fact, the only crashes I've had with this bird so far have been from catching the toes on touchdown and rolling forward.
I also have a 1/10 truck and recently replaced the suspension system on it and it got me thinking - why is it that nobody I can find hasn't incorporated a pair of shocks from a RC truck into the landing system? Just enough to absorb some of the shock so that when you touch down you aren't sending the shock through the frame and causing it to bounce.
Just a thought, I'd appreciate any feedback you might have.