Coyote`s Skywalker

[WSWhitby]

Hi Coyote,

Came to same conclusion about female free got some RCA 1 in to 2 out female, to use as male to male connectors but not sure about weight and insertion loss. Don't have access to any decent hf test gear any more will have to do a suck it and see test. Will also most defiantly try your method.Weight of female in female  x 2 out not that bad but its surprising how things add up when you are trying to FPV.

Regards

John

[foamystuff]

Looking good Ian, cant wait to start mine.. I bought the same motor but with 1300Kv because I didnt fancy going down the 4 cell route. Also my canopy was a bit squised too, but its only a flimsy acetate job anyway, I'm planning in making something sturdier from a heated/moulded pop bottle..
That 5.2GHz Tx looks tiny!!!! Looks far better from a drag point of view then the relativly large 2.4 omni sticking out in the prop wash..

[Coyote]

Ill be adding a CP antenna tonight to get the most from the system.

Ok todays update, not a lot but vital. The last piece of the jigsaw arrived. The WDR 600 OSD camera.

I havent tested it fully yet and it was a dull day, but man this cameras good :) If you want one quick, without the waiting Pasty is now stocking them, im that impressed with it ill be swapping all my planes over to this camera now.

Anyway, fitted the camera, played with the settings and now its all done :

[mark1975]

Looking good ian lest hope mother nature plays her part ..a.but shes rready..

[g.collins]

 She's looking good Ian, be interesting to see the test flight, I also have the WDR600 Very High Resolution OSD Color Camera 550 Lines SONY Super HAD II PAL, it's a lovely camera, :rocks: with some cool settings.
regards

[Njoro]

"very nice" Ian  ;D

[Coyote]

Very gone Lance, maiden went perfect, dosd autopilot perfect, second flight controll lost, plane gone, game over 

[pk-surfing]

I think I've found it, spotted this afternoon on Google Earth

[Coyote]

LMAO

[markleman]

Very gone Lance, maiden went perfect, dosd autopilot perfect, second flight controll lost, plane gone, game over 

Ouch - sorry to hear that :(

I took my newly completed Skywalker for its first flight this week. I got up nice and early because the forecast was for the only calm winds for several days. Got to my flying site at 7am, sun out, no wind, great. Pre-flight checks ok. All looking good, easy launch with 1/2 throttle. Hum feels like no aileron control, bit better with some speed but pretty uncontrollable, rudder response weak. End up in spin, crash into top of an oak tree :'(. Recovered by climbing tree and using a 10m telescopic pole I keep for recovering my planes :-[. Damage: Skywalker tail snapped clean off just below the plywood plate it screws too.

Glued it back together, increased throws on control surfaces, tried to ignore my bruised pride, will have another go once this damn wind drops. I just hope I can tame this Skywalker, my FPV Hawksky never feels this out of control and in 100+ flights, 50+ of which have been FPV, the only times I have crashed is when I did something silly and deserved it.

Hope you find yours...

Regards, Mark Leman.

Thinks - as this was my first post, I best go introduce myself... and post a video of my crash ;)

[Coyote]

Cheers bud, it laded inverted well out to sea, past the breakers so i know ill not see it agin, i sort of knew it before we set off looking for it, behind breakers, tide going out, total loss

[electricmick]

Sorry to hear the sad ending Ian, any idea what caused the loss of control?

[Coyote]

No, without the plane its so hard to tell, but a conrol surface deflected a lot when it happened, could be servo, horn, linkage or maybe a bec fault.

But with the lads all cluubing together yesterday the replacement is on order. They were so generous i managed too replace nearly everything lost. But the new parts ive now changed from what i was forced to use because of funds to better parts.

The Bec ordered is much mch bigger and better, the linkages ive swapped for threaded bar and  metal clevis so they wont fail. All the servos are uprated metal gears, ill swap for hitec 65mg`s at a later date though.

So watch for this thread in a weeks time, it`l be a bit deja vu but with a few differences.

So thanks to all the members, the Coyote Skywalker mk2 will be in the air for its maiden ( again ) very soon






Inland :) 

[g.collins]

sorry I wasn't around much yesterday, was ther a loused plane collection fund then, is it still open and how can I help. :FlagSGC:
regards Gordon

[Coyote]

Yeah the lads had an incredible whip round, thanks for helping out gordon, and everyone else :)