Shendrones Mixuko build

[C0d3M0nk3y]

Sweet build!

Thanks!

can we all start chanting "maiden" now?

Ha! I'm excited to try it out too.

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

I think I'm going to try the Gemfan 5x4.5x3 props instead of the HQs.

 

[jipp]

looks good. thanks for the link to the VTX,, that is much smaller than the one i used.

same price at 20.00 or so from fpvnijas.

chris.

 

[PsyBorg]

Haz ya got up the gumption to hover it in the house or have you done a full blown maiden. No one puts a battery on a quad just to take pictures .

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

Haz ya got up the gumption to hover it in the house or have you done a full blown maiden. No one puts a battery on a quad just to take pictures .

Ha! I've ran a battery through it LOS to do some tuning. I haven't had a chance to maiden it yet.

 

[Darkback2]

Now you are just teasing us.

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

Maiden:

 

[cranialrectosis]

It seems to not carry as much momentum into the corners are you are used to. Is this your lightest copter?

Nice maiden. You really are getting good with these things. Are you racing?

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

It seems to not carry as much momentum into the corners are you are used to. Is this your lightest copter?

It is my lightest, and you're right about the momentum. Between that and the fact that the camera is tilted a bit more than I'm used to, it took me a few turns to get a decent feel for how it was handling.

Nice maiden. You really are getting good with these things.

Thanks.

Are you racing?

I haven't done any racing yet. A few local guys are trying to get some racing going, so hopefully I'll be able to try that out soon.

 

[PsyBorg]

Nice work brother. Good to see the hard work pay off. At least you don't have to fly in gail force winds like we been having lately.

 

[Darkback2]

Thank you for posting the video of the maiden...For a minute I was worried it was going to somehow turn into an April Fools prank where we were going to get rick rolled or something. Also...nice flying!

DB

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

Nice work brother. Good to see the hard work pay off.

Thanks.

At least you don't have to fly in gail force winds like we been having lately.

Yeah, that would certainly add to the difficulty.

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

Thank you for posting the video of the maiden.

No problem.

Also...nice flying!

Thanks!

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

I had to remove the buzzer and relocate the RC antennas to get them further away from the props.

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

I haven't done any racing yet. A few local guys are trying to get some racing going, so hopefully I'll be able to try that out soon.

Here's a video of me doing a couple laps at a track my local flying group set up. The video quality is pretty bad, but that's mostly youtube's compression.

 

[Darkback2]

Dang that thing is zippie! Nice flying btw. Does the battery balance out the COG near the flight plane? Just whenever I see these tall builds I think they would be tippy for some reason.

 

[C0d3M0nk3y]

Nice flying btw.

Thanks!

Does the battery balance out the COG near the flight plane? Just whenever I see these tall builds I think they would be tippy for some reason.

I haven't tried to find the CG vertically.

 

[cranialrectosis]

Darkback, check out this video for why that doesn't happen.:
https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters?language=en

 

[Darkback2]

Darkback, check out this video for why that doesn't happen.:
https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters?language=en

I've seen that one before, and really enjoyed it...In fact it gave me some ideas for future projects with my students...

So by tippy...With my first quad, an AR-drone, the battery eventually went. The battery I tried replacing it with was a lipo that I had laying around from a robotics project. It was much heavier than the original battery.

While the quad flew the added mass made sharp turns difficult because the weight and location of the battery would overpower the motors.

It would become tippy...

That said, I know that isn't the case with the mixuko build. The camera is simply not heavy enough to cause this effect, and the power to weight ratio is probably something insane. though there is another way in which this might feel tippy though I'm not sure that is possible either.

By having the camera so far from the flight plane, when the quad turns the face of the camera lens moves through an ark. Though here again I am sure it wouldn't be noticeable, and even if it was I'm not sure how that would effect the pilot at all.

now I almost want to do an experiment moving a camera farther and farther from the flight plane of a quad to see at what point it becomes a problem.

That said, C0d3M0nk3y This is a sweet little quad. I'm amazed at how clean it is, and how everything fits into such a small package.

DB

 

[Snarls]

Code how do you like the KISS FC? I've been debating getting the KISS FC for a new build or holding out until F4 boards become cheaper. I don't have the budget for KISS ESCs to complement the FC so I wonder if blheli ESCs and the KISS ESC will be a good choice.