fresh from the KiwiRC Skunkworks the Vtail Quad
A bit of gentle late afternoon flying, just a slight nor-easterly breeze
fresh from the KiwiRC Skunkworks the Vtail Quad
A bit of gentle late afternoon flying, just a slight nor-easterly breeze
Saturdays Flying-
Not the best weather, with heavy rain and wind forcast, but by 10am it had stopped raining, leaving us with just the wind.
The advertising in the Local paper worked, with a good number of spectators throughout Saturday.
The number of pilots was well down on expectation, with many cancelling due to the weather.
Two local club pilots were flying, Brendon and Myself, and three out-of-town pilots, Brian from Wanganui and Wayne and Julie from Rotorua
Brian had forgotten his radio transmitter – luckily Doug had his, so we soon bound Brians planes to Dougs TX and away we wnd, with Brian getting several flights on the extra and one on the olympia.
Brendon did several flights with the old favorite “Fun 51″ and the 80” Yak
Show stopper was Wayne from Rotorua, doing several flights with his TREX 700 Heli, wowing the crowd.
Wayne also did a bit of FPV (First Person View) with his QUAD, partner Julie acting as spotter and calling out height and heading information (as its very hard to tell what the Quad is doing when flying FPV)
Hovering the quad indoors ! 1.530 kg with extra battery and camera
What else do you do on a wet miserable day ?
Not sure what happend at the club today, I couldnt make it, looking after the kids (sick wife)
So built a Quad (built two in total this weekend)
Its the same frame as Brendon, same motors, same props, but the controller is mounted under the frame. leaving an open area on the top to make a gear plate, to hold the battery and camera. The other diference is I am running the KKuk V4.5 software, where as Brendon is running the Minsoo Kim V1.5 The KKuK V4.5 is certainly not as refined and has a few issues during wind gusts.
Test flew it at home (20ft by 30ft space) and it went OK, the yaw controll is diferent to the Tri, thats for certain.
The Tri is a Forklift , the Quad is a Tank
By that , i mean, thats how they fly, Yaw control on the QUAD, naturally, spins it around its centre (like a TANK)
The Tri’s yaw response is way different, it spins around the centre of the two front motors (like a rear-stear forklift)
the Quad also makes more of a fuss when it YAWS as its changing the speed of 4 motors, the tri just subtly changes the rear prop angle.
Over all I dont know which I prefer yet, the quad is the only one I can hover at home, the Tri takes more space
I really think I need to try a Y4 for comparison
Beautifull weather, not much of a breeze.
Pete, Jesse, Mark, Doug and myself all flying, both big Yaks were in the Air, Jesse maidened the new ParkZone Extra