Sidekick65
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Here's the video of the maiden flight of my second FT Simple Scout. I loved the first one but it mets it's ultimate end when the battery fell out at 75'. Here's hoping the second one flies just as well.
Been working on getting this in the air since I picked it up from BridgeInspector at Flite Fest '18 last year. RMRC Stratosurfer FPV
Probably one of my best maidens ever!
Cheers!
LitterBug
Thanks HildaFlyer. That feed is actually not that great. I had my 1.3Ghz gear on that build, which is a straight up single and dipole setup. I've been working on my ground gear lately and am documenting it over in this thread. I have a HMDVR capturing @ 720x480, and then upscale it to 1080p before uploading to youtube. That helps minimize the overcompression that youtube does when you upload. I have better footage from some of my other maidens last week. Should get one or two more up soon.Great video link. When I capture the DVR - most of it is lines. This is pretty clean.
@BridgeInspector - haven't seen him around in awhile. I hope all is ok, just busy.
Great Work!He has been very busy with a one man kitchen remodel. I took my 1950s kitchen down to the studs and brought it back with all new everything. It has taken about 6 months and my flying and building have taken a back seat. I still have about a month of weekends to get it complete and then I will be back to the addiction.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KBeLY5ly2CMfyK0bEHKm5bIIFvSM8UOU
Not my first maiden of this plane but my first maiden with my new brushless 3S setup inspired by Hujum1's build he shared on youtube.
Luckily the parks were still open during this chaotic time. The park was pretty empty, so social distancing was definitely implemented. lol
Harbor Freight P-51 Mustang
E-Flite Park 400 4200kv motor
Stock 4.4:1 gearbox
8x6 propeller
Tattu 1550mah 45c LiPo
There just ain't nothin' like having a brap plane in the air! And it looks like that one flies damn nice too. Didn't get any vid of it but my FS70 powered 4-star 64 got maidened last week and just yesterday I pushed 15 minutes of hotdogging out of it with 40% or so of a tank left. Such a perfect match.It was a great day for a maiden. This is my 2nd plane of this size and runs on nitro fuel and has a 4 stroke engine. It took nearly 3 1/2 hours to get her ready to fly but we had a blast. Enjoy
There just ain't nothin' like having a brap plane in the air! And it looks like that one flies damn nice too. Didn't get any vid of it but my FS70 powered 4-star 64 got maidened last week and just yesterday I pushed 15 minutes of hotdogging out of it with 40% or so of a tank left. Such a perfect match.
Little top tip, though: As much as I can dig some Joe Walsh, try to ixnay the background music-ay on glow videos. We kinda wanna hear the engine sing on its own! Also far less likely to get copyright nuked by YT's bots