BlueFlyer's FlyingWings Falcon Evo FPV Build Log [pic heavy]

[Billy_boy_2010]

I know my tbs cap in stock form was pretty terrible in any kind of wind.

A few big repairs and additional components upped the weight and it handled the wind a lot better.

I'm pretty tempted by this too tbh as a bashing plane. I have a tw40 to build and fly first though.

[BlueFlyer]

If you get one of these Billy, you won't regret it.

I was quite literally stunned by the flight time. I just watched back the full gopro file in real time... 21 minutes and 50 seconds

from a single 2200mah 3S.... and a cheap £7 zippy one from hobbyking at that...

I've just ordered 2 multistar 4000mah 3S Lipos as they're rumoured to fit in the battery bay too, lets see if I can break 30 minutes.


another update...

Because I enjoyed the falcon so much, I've gone and taken the vector osd out of my skyhunter and installed into this Falcon. I'm hoping to use this as a cloud surfer.... get up there quick and cruise around for 15 mins or so. The vector will give me that extra bit of a safety net of the RTH should I lose video due to clouds or what have you, and the stability should give me some nice footage whilst cruising.

[Billy_boy_2010]

Wow what fun.

Whilst my cap became too heavy and weak with all the extra components and cut outs, I did enjoy having the reassurance of an autopilot.

Beware though that adding an autopilot and other nice bits it will quickly go from becoming an expendable fast bashing plane to an expensive cruising plane like the rest.

Everyone needs a small general purpose wing appropriate for 90% of tasks imo, but everyone needs a fully expendable bashing wing to risk in the name of honing fpv skills.

[BlueFlyer]

lol, i hear what you're saying Billy... but even before I put the Vector in it... it most certainly was not an expendable fast bashing plane.... it's had a GoPro 3 Black in the nose from the start, and with all the time and effort I've put in to building it (the most involved build I've ever done) I really want to look after it.

swapping the non-autopilot OSD with the Vector does add an extra £100 of value to the wing, but it was already in the region of £500 in the air on the maiden.... hence my desire to not lose it :)

I'm sure you could build a cheap Falcon Evo.... mobius as recorder and flight cam, simple OSD etc.... but I didn't build a cheap one :)

[Billy_boy_2010]

Ah fair enough mate. With gopro ability and the confidence an autopilot gives you, you will probably use it for 90% of your flying :)

[Billy_boy_2010]

I have just bought one of these, you're a damn good salesman Blueflyer!

God knows when im going to get a chance to build it. I will have two 40" wings on the go when it arrives!

I went for the Eco setup as I want to run a decent hd cam on the front and record some relaxing medium range flights on 3s. My other 40" is on 4s and will be a mental thing. Hopefully they will be different enough so I can fly them both.

Has there been a maiden vid of yours yet?

[BlueFlyer]

I have just bought one of these, you're a damn good salesman Blueflyer!

God knows when im going to get a chance to build it. I will have two 40" wings on the go when it arrives!

I went for the Eco setup as I want to run a decent hd cam on the front and record some relaxing medium range flights on 3s. My other 40" is on 4s and will be a mental thing. Hopefully they will be different enough so I can fly them both.

Has there been a maiden vid of yours yet?

I've got an unlisted 21 minute long video of the maiden :) just so I can prove it flies for 21 minutes on a single 2200mah 3S

I haven't edited the later videos into anything worth watching yet though.

[Billy_boy_2010]

Ah great

I went for the efficient setup from flying wings, interesting to see what it can manage.