I can't make either *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 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. :-) > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile