My 2nd Mini Talon - gotta love this plane!

[CarolineTyler]

I have just completed my second Mini Talon incorporating everything I have learned from making the 1st (it's not broken or anything, just wanted another).
In particular I wanted to make the front camera section more flexible so just used the base ply that comes with it and added three captive nuts into it, along with an 8-way socket.

Using this I have a pan/tilt camera...

...or my new camera with a three axis gimbal - a FeiyuTech pocket 4K.

The socket supports eight connections - one side is 5v,Gnd,Pan Servo,Tilt servo - the other 5v,Gnd (both from the filtered output of the FC), Cam1,Cam2

So another plane to maiden (these are piling up!!!)

 

[PsyBorg]

Holy chunk o stuffs. Thats one heck of a nose wart kiddo. How did you manage to rein in COG with all that up there?

 

[CarolineTyler]

Holy chunk o stuffs. Thats one heck of a nose wart kiddo. How did you manage to rein in COG with all that up there?

I fly with a 6600mAh 4S and still have to shove it more forward than I expected to get the CofG right. The Mini Talon is a beast of a FPV plane. Considering building a 14000mAh Li-ion pack for it.

 

[MCNC]

Nice, and here I am thrilled to fully deplete a battery while flying my tiny trainer in circles...

 

[CarolineTyler]

Really looking forward to some silky smooth HD video out of this plane.

 

[PsyBorg]

I fly with a 6600mAh 4S and still have to shove it more forward than I expected to get the CofG right. The Mini Talon is a beast of a FPV plane. Considering building a 14000mAh Li-ion pack for it.

So you ARE going for that whole channel crossing thing I mentioned before!!!

 

[CarolineTyler]

Differences between the Mini Talons
#1 has all the electronics in the fuse, #2 puts the receiver and transmitter out at the end of the wings. #1 has a traditional arial which is so fragile, #2 has a TrueRC Singularity embedded in the wing. All connections to the wings for electronics and servos are made by 8-way connectors (like the camera nose). Those connectiors I saw Ramy using for his amazing airline models watch RamyRC on YouTube, you will be in awe of his building skills.

#1 is using a Matek F405 Wing, #2 has the F722-wpx FC.
#1 is using a Sunnysky 2216 kV1250 turning an 8x6 APC prop, #2 has the V3 pro version of the same motor - apparently up to 30% more powerful so hopefully I can reduce current draw in the cruise.

#2 have one one beacon but it's in some fancy 3D printer coweling that I thought just makes the plane better looking

 

[CarolineTyler]

So you ARE going for that whole channel crossing thing I mentioned before!!!

I expect I could easily do it - would I? No

 

[mastermalpass]

How are you going to set up Pan/Tilt controls? Do you have head-tracking gear, or some spare channels on your transmitter?

 

[CarolineTyler]

How are you going to set up Pan/Tilt controls? Do you have head-tracking gear, or some spare channels on your transmitter?

I made my own headtracker to control pan/tilt unfortunately that will have to wait as I've finally hit a limitation of my T8SG transmitter as it's unable to receive the head tracker PPM input and output it the the external Crossfire module at the same time.
Need me a Radio master TX16S

 

[mastermalpass]

Head trackers were not something I thought you could set up yourself! That sounds fun to look into!

I bought an FPV Cam with built in pan and tilt ages ago and have yet to use it. What I didn't consider at the time was how big my plane would need to be to accommodate it - it's essentially the size of a conference pear. And I like the idea of putting it in a cockpit, so yeah the plane would be a big'un. Though I do want to one day build a huge Hawker Fury, so maybe it'll see use in that.

 

[CarolineTyler]

Head trackers were not something I thought you could set up yourself! That sounds fun to look into!

I bought an FPV Cam with built in pan and tilt ages ago and have yet to use it. What I didn't consider at the time was how big my plane would need to be to accommodate it - it's essentially the size of a conference pear. And I like the idea of putting it in a cockpit, so yeah the plane would be a big'un. Though I do want to one day build a huge Hawker Fury, so maybe it'll see use in that.

My home-made headtracker test...

 

[CarolineTyler]

Weather finally let me test the 3-axis gimble camera on the 2nd Mini Talon - I like!!!

 

[MCNC]

Great video, smooth flight and wonderful landscape.