[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday
- From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 09:51:41 -0500
I won't be able to make it today.
On Saturday, May 3, 2014, Jason Mitchell <jdmitchell29@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Anyone flying today?
> On Apr 27, 2014 10:29 AM, "Bill Beavers" <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Added, Hayden to the list. Welcome Hayden. Chris and I flew a while
> yesterday morning. Hayden joined us to see what we could do with his nano
> quad. Seems to be ok mostly but suffers from a lot of tail drag, meaning
> that even with full elevator trim up, it wants to drift backwards. Very
> flyable, but just won't do a hover without wanting to go backwards. Maybe
> some of you guys can figure out how to get the balance a little more
> forward but I could see nothing to adjust to get it physically trimmed out.
> Everything else about it is/was normal.
>
> Chris got some good flying in with two or three planes (I think he posted
> one on the ConwayRC page of the planes he flew). Got a little windy just
> after noon so we closed down early.
>
> I flew the big boy Telemaster and it just flies great (second flight for
> me on it). Nothing fancy, just big, slow, stable flying fun. It has not
> been a disappointment.
>
> I finally am getting somewhere with the FY-DOS flight controller on my
> bumblebee quad, and after a couple of rough take of starts, it did like it
> did a couple of days ago at Bob Courtway and took off nice and clean in
> Stable mode, and had a nice hover. Could fly it away and the RTH (Return
> To Home) worked fine. The problem right now is that in RTH, it starts
> washing around (forums call it toilet bowl effect) quite bad on decent.
> When I got home, I reprogrammed the PIDs to some settings that other guys
> that fly that controller use, so am anxious to give it a try with those
> settings. I have their special USB cable on order that works with windows
> 8 so I can program at the field to save time but that will take a while to
> get here. The old cable would only work up through Windows 7, and they
> changed the chip for the new version. Go figure.
>
> I have a NAZA in hand now, but I am determined to get this board
> performing to peak and will save the NAZA hopefully for my hex frame when
> it gets here. Maybe some of you guys with the bigger quads will have some
> clues as to which attributes contribute to those weird effects when RTH is
> trying to land the bird. The settings I have made may do it, or may not.
> Will see, but I am learning a ton of stuff about it. That is worth more
> than one that just flies to me. I sometimes feel like something Chris
> said though, in that it is about three props to many! ;-) But that is the
> challenge. Since this controller is somewhat less expensive than the NAZA,
> it would be nice to know that with the right build it can compete. from
> what I have read online this is the case, but the NAZA just seems to be
> more thoroughly engineered from hardware to firmware. Anyway, it is fun to
> see it finally fly as it "ALMOST" should. Maybe a few more adjustments and
> it will be able to hold its own. Takes a lot of reading though, I know
> that! ;-)
>
> Hopefully this bad weather will get out of here quickly and open up some
> good skies for us. Looking forward to it. Anyone planning on attending
> the Mayflower thing on the 4th? I am up in the air right now, may have to
> rebuild my engine on my zero turn mower. Think I threw a rod. But my old
> Industrial Arts degree comes in handy when rebuilding small gas engines, so
> there is another project in my future. :-)
>
>
>
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