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Greenacres 2016 Fly-ins
Ben Kelly replied to Martyn K's topic in Shows, Club Events and Competitions
Will multirotors be allowed to fly at these events? I would love to get some aerial video of the action. -
I've been waiting since January to start this model and i finally managed to get round to it so i thought i'd make a little build blog out of it. Lets begin... The Box. Nice graphics and all the information you need. Everything was well packaged upon opening. (I had already gone through the items for damage so it was better packed than this) First things first, lets glue and pin those hinges. Starting with the wings. Next up the elevator and rudder. Plenty of rudder there!! While the glue is setting on those i decided to fit the servos. These go in the fuz from underneath and there is not a lot of room there. Had to trim the wood to fit the servos in the tray properly (standard size). Also getting those screws in the back was not easy. Someone at Seagull didn't think that through too well. The film was a little wrinkled but nothing that a little heat won't sort out. This was the engine i was going to use, an RCG 20cc. However the carb being at the back created a big problem where the whole front of the engine would be sticking out from the cowel. I was going to move the cowel forward and fit more wood for it to screw to but it made the plane look too long and disproportioned. I have now swapped this out for an NGH 17cc as this should be more than enough to get it flying and fixes my issue with the cowel. To Be Continued......
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Hi Geoff, I hope you don't mind but i decided to have a go at removing the wind turbine from your photo to give it, as you said, a more vintage look.
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Hi BEB, I did try that but there are none that are local to me (< 10 miles). I thought that people on here might have a couple of suggestions that would be more local. My only alternative might be to start my own club
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Hi all, I am trying to find a club local (ish) to me in the Birmingham/halesowen/stourbridge area where I can go and fly my quad without it just being in a park and on my own. I would love to expand my skills and possibly try racing with my machine and some freestyle fpv flying. Does anyone here know of any as I have struggled to find any with a Google search???
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I have one of these Extra 260's. Fantastic plane, as always needs some beefing up on the U/C and firewall but will give you unlimited performace with a 30cc engine fitted. **LINK**
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This Extra 260 from HK is well worth a look, decent kit and cheap too. perfect for a 30cc engine to give you all the performance and power you'll need. **LINK**
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Hi all, As you may know from a couple of my previous threads i have a Nighthawk Pro 280 quad that i'm not really getting to grips with and love flying. Last weekend i had an incident when i was flying around at the local field, i brought the quad into a hover in front of me about 20 feet up when all of a sudden one of the prop nuts flew off and the prop swiftly following it. This resulted in my quad falling straight out of the sky and breaking one of the arms that the motor sits on. My question to you all follows. Can i replace the broken front arm and the other front arm with a couple of 250 size arms that i have already? or will this affect the quads flying in any way. I know that the props will still clear the main body as it is the same prop size as the 250 size quad. and as far as i'm aware all the pre drilled holes match up with the ones in the main body. Just thought i'd ask the experts before diving in head first. Thanks.
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I think the tough part will be finding the channel. This is what i've got to deal with to find the correct one. Also what does FR1(A), FR2(B) ect mean?? My guess is frequency? Thanks.
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Quick update, i couldnt find any tech sheet for the camera, mostly becuase i dont have a part/serial number for the camera so I contacted Quadcopters.co.uk who i bought the quad from and they have assured me that the Predator fpv goggles will work with this unit. My next challenge is finding out how to get the FPV camera, Tx and goggles all on the same channel.
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Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 29/07/2015 20:07:10: It all depends on what format the on-board camera is giving out. The ImmersionRC Tx can cope with a pretty wide range of video formats - but not all of them! You would have to break into the video feed from the camera by unsoldering it from the on board Tx and re-route it to the ImmersionRC Tx - for which you will need a connector. I suggest you have a good look at the camera, see if you can find a tech sheet on it on the web and find out what it outputs. Even if its output is not in a format the ImmersionRC can deal with (which is unlikely to be honest unless its something very odd) it will not harm the video Tx. So if you are prepared to replace the camera if need be then I would get the goggles, try it with the current camera - in the unlikley event that doesn't work then you can replace the camera - typical small CMOS cameras that work fine with Fat Shark are very cheap so if the goggles are being offered at a very good price you could replace the camera and still be in pocket. BEB Thanks BEB, I've taken a look at the camera and it is connected straight to the on board Tx with a small 3 pin connector. However, it is too small for me to just swap over the cameras as they are both slightly different sizes, also it is a camera that has the PCB exposed behind the lens which also screws to the current mount So for me to fit the FatShark camera i would have to put in a new mount as the current one is too big and the camera simply falls through with nothing to screw it to. I think my best option may be to just swap over the FPV systems and modify the current mount to accommodate the camera that comes with the goggles.
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Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 29/07/2015 16:36:48: Two questions spring to mind: 1. Are the FatShark goggles you are looking at complete with a Fat Shark or ImmersionRC video transmitter? 2. Does the on-board camera on the 250 have a video output connector that is compatable with the transmitter? Or is it hardwired into the system? BEB Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 29/07/2015 16:37:07 BEB, The system is a complete RTF kit with the Immersion RC video Tx. Also the on board camera, i believe is wired in to the on board Tx but i would have to check to be sure. I do have the option of completely removing the system that came with the Quad but i just thought it would be easier to use it. Ben.
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Posted by Chris Jones 7 on 23/07/2015 07:37:24: Ok, that's PWM. So, you say if you change the plugs over on the RX for Aileron and rudder that the quad won't spin up? Have you checked your channels in base flight once you've done this? You may find you will need to change your arming procedure (I'm unfamiliar with this quad so don't know how you normally arm the board) it may be that to arm you need to apply an input on the right stick instead of the left or vice versa. Thanks Chris this managed to get it working and you were right i had to change the arming procedure. Now i have another question. Does anyone know if i can use the Fatshark Predator V2 RTF goggles with this setup using the on board fpv system?? I have been offered a cheap set so this would be idea. Thanks, Ben.
