Posts: 1,070 Threads: 70 Likes Received: 742 in 378 posts Likes Given: 577 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 44 07-Aug-2017, 10:53 PM (This post was last modified: 07-Aug-2017, 10:56 PM by KonradS.) Can't fly in stabilized. Either the settings are bad, I made some stupid mistake or just betaflight is just not fit to the task - I suspect the latest code commit for fixed wing craft was made by Hydra in the times of cleanflight, so... I will probably look for a better FC for that thing and try inav. After a bit of trimming, I was able to fly a bit in passtrough mode, the following was my longest flight so far I have to get rid of my quadcopter habits like lowering the throttle on a roll. Posts: 1,590 Threads: 89 Likes Received: 1,283 in 768 posts Likes Given: 1,274 Joined: Jan 2017 Reputation: 31 lol @ "and then there was a crash"... almost like its censored out carl.vegas Current Quads: Operational: Diatone GT2 200 In need of repair: Bumble Bee, tehStein, Slightly modified Vortex 250 • Posts: 1,070 Threads: 70 Likes Received: 742 in 378 posts Likes Given: 577 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 44 (08-Aug-2017, 10:07 AM)Carl.Vegas Wrote: lol @ "and then there was a crash"... almost like its censored out That was Runcam HD censorship, but that crash was nothing fancy, after next crash I saw the servo wire cut by the wooden canopy part, maybe it has lost contact for a moment as the craft just rolled to one side and smashed to the ground. Posts: 1,070 Threads: 70 Likes Received: 742 in 378 posts Likes Given: 577 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 44 After using another ton of hot glue to fix the wing I bastardized entire FPV system from the currently not-flying Airblade Assault 130, soldered some new wires on, added another regulated power supply to feed the camera and OSD. OSD is not working, but suprisingly I have the feed in the goggles. Parts list: - 2-year-old Aomway 200mw with a direct soldered DIY cloverleaf
- dead or not working Micro MinimOSD (but it passes the video signal, yay)
- BG micro camera
- regulated power supply set to 4.95
- wire spaghetti
A pic of my elegant work: Yeah, I should fix the OSD issue or remove it, desolder everything and make it at least a bit cleaner. But it's working, I don't care Posts: 2,416 Threads: 51 Likes Received: 1,861 in 1,175 posts Likes Given: 3,315 Joined: Mar 2016 Reputation: 74 That looks like .... it has a lot of "character"... Posts: 1,070 Threads: 70 Likes Received: 742 in 378 posts Likes Given: 577 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 44 When you learn that your motor has too much torque. That literally exploded in my hand ;D Posts: 1,070 Threads: 70 Likes Received: 742 in 378 posts Likes Given: 577 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 44 A not so fancy motor mount: And looks like new: I added a buzzer btw. Crashing and repairing this thing with "junk" is so much fun Posts: 2,286 Threads: 38 Likes Received: 1,527 in 995 posts Likes Given: 1,881 Joined: Apr 2016 Reputation: 72 It's certainly more fixable than the Flite Test Mini Arrow that I've been crashing! After the fourth time I ripped it in half, it would have needed more hot glue and tape than is reasonable to get it back together again, so I saved the servos and other electronics and scrapped the frame. Posts: 634 Threads: 56 Likes Received: 335 in 196 posts Likes Given: 183 Joined: Mar 2016 Reputation: 15 Today i've seen the true purpose of this wing, and it is awsome, components needed: - rainbow wing - TX - hand to hold the wing (second person is perfect) - grill - charcoal procedure: - you put the charcoal and start the fire. - you grab the tx - your friend grabs the wing and points the motor to the grill - tx throttle POWAAAAAAH! in 2 mins the grill is engulfed in flames until now i did this only with my 5" quad... wing is much more efficient )) All the best Grzesiek (Grisha/ Greg) Curently flyable: Nox 5, Minimalist 112 Bench / in progres: fixing Nox 3, Scrap thinking about building: 450 Posts: 1,149 Threads: 50 Likes Received: 704 in 450 posts Likes Given: 1,189 Joined: Sep 2016 Reputation: 30 lol • Posts: 1,504 Threads: 83 Likes Received: 944 in 654 posts Likes Given: 2,142 Joined: Sep 2016 Reputation: 24 The Fire : Hate ratio is at about 7:1 here too, I think! Windless fields and smokeless builds • Posts: 2,286 Threads: 38 Likes Received: 1,527 in 995 posts Likes Given: 1,881 Joined: Apr 2016 Reputation: 72 Posts: 1,070 Threads: 70 Likes Received: 742 in 378 posts Likes Given: 577 Joined: Jan 2016 Reputation: 44 15-Aug-2017, 06:50 AM (This post was last modified: 15-Aug-2017, 06:53 AM by KonradS.) Despite the amount of hot glue and tape used, the Firestarter is still flying. I still try to use yaw on my TX lol Now I dream of a bigger plane. And by bigger, I mean a 1.5m wingspan I'll probably go with a KFm4 airfoil but I need to read more on scratch builds EDIT: video is on passtrough mode, but It seems like the stabilized mode works somehow after changing a few settings, including remapping the servos to correct pins. After flicking the mode switch, the plane turns into a pendulum and plummets to the ground. But it does it in a very stable manner, now I think it's incorrect PID setting and trim on the TX causing that behaviour. Posts: 2,416 Threads: 51 Likes Received: 1,861 in 1,175 posts Likes Given: 3,315 Joined: Mar 2016 Reputation: 74 Nice inverted "hang" time Looks great Konrad! A tip on the attempted use of "yaw": You can create a mix on your TX to mix in a little aileron with rudder (ircc, it's called rudder -> aileron mix). That way when you move the "yaw" stick, you get a bit of expected reaction. I used to do this on all of my "3 channel" airplanes - engine, elevator, and rudder (which was mapped to the aileron stick) - so that I didn't loose my rudder technique. Posts: 16 Threads: 6 Likes Received: 1 in 1 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Sep 2016 Reputation: 0 13-Mar-2019, 05:30 AM (This post was last modified: 13-Mar-2019, 05:31 AM by mxclouti.) KonradS, I was able to setup my wing like you did. Every thing is ok except one thing: - when I throttle up, the servos start moving. - when I throttle down, the servos go back to their original positions. I can see them moving the the Servos tab. Have you experienced this situation ? Thanks. • |