Coyote`s Skywalker

[foamystuff]

Great build, didnt realise the cloverleaf antennas were so small either!
Yeah the quality control on those servos are a bit dodgy and noisy, but I've only had one that had centering trouble out of about a dozen.
Whens the maiden then?  ;D

[Coyote]

Cheers lads, funny you should mention th ecloverleafs, this was the next thing ive just done :)

When we first started playing with the Skywalker, we noticed on 5.8ghz that the motor and lipo can block the signal quite considerably. To get past this problem, what ive done, as did Paaul, was move the cloverleaf out to the left or right of the fuse. Because the plane is always high, LOS to the cloverleaf should always be possible like this.

We tried it on Pauls and had great sucess, so here`s my version :

I took a plastic control rod tube i had spare, made off a SMA end and heat shrunk them together. The cable being high stops the whole ting twisting. I put a hole in the fuse to push the plastic into



I then made a Cloverleaf on the end, but mounted it sideways on, this way because the wires layed flat it still sits upreight :



In flight position, loads of clearance from the plane, high enough for landings



Then pull the rod out, put it in vertical hole and antenna is safe in the upright position for transporting with the wings off :

[Coyote]

Very nice Ian - i would try to point the keyfob Cam slightly down so the majority of the picture is ground.
The less sky the better. It will give you a lovely clear recording with everything visable.

gl with the maiden.

Good point, i had totally overlooked that point, so ive added a very technical piece of equipment, a......................... wedge of foam :) lol

[WSWhitby]

Hi Coyote,
Cool, got the cables cut em up all is now sweetness and light.

Cheers and of course

Regards

John

[g.collins]

Hi Coyote
Back from my holiday, south of France would be great for FPV, lodes of mountains and valleys,
talking of mountings that camera mount looks pretty slick, I think you should have used one of my camera vac forms instead of that epoxy, lol.
I have a theory on the downed Sky walker, I was watching a video of a Sky walker test flight and 2 of the rubber bands broke in flight, :o is it posibal this happened to your plane, anyway I would make sure the rubber bands holding the wings on are a good quality.
regards G

[Coyote]

Hi Gordon, i dont think so, it went into a glide near the end. But i agree the stock bands are rubbish, i did have some spares Paul gave me, miles better and much stronger so im using them now

The maiden went as well as i could have asked for, a bit windy but flew both packs through her without issues :)

[DPS-Dave]

This is looking the DB's nothing overlooked  :D Gives me plenty of ideas now  :D

Only one question which bev must be asked daily Why do they put the rx mount so near the prop i get the point blowing air over the vtx for cooling but boy is it close  :(

All it needs now Ian is a paint job just to keep sheep and pasty happy  :D

[Coyote]

I think the same Dave, would it really hurt to have it a few cm further down the tail in a safer area ? lol

[cortex]

Ian what were you using to cover you CL antenna ?


cheers


Cortex

[Coyote]

Nothing at all to cover it, if you do you introduce drag thats not needed which would try pushing the antenna back into the plane, the opposite of what i want

[cortex]

on page one of this thread you have some sort of white tubing surrounding the CL vertical antenna, was just wondering what it was.

[Coyote]

Oh sorry, thought you were on about cloverleaf, my bad

Its pushrod tube glued into fuse

[cortex]

wouldn't this rip a hole in the fuse on landings?

[Coyote]

No, it makes no conact with the ground on landing, at the underside rear there is an enlarged section that enables it to clear

[cortex]

I still need to get myself a longer antenna, last time i asked you said your contact within the uk that supplies them was out of stock. Just wondering if there are any in stock now?. might just order from bevrc but i have reservations because of deliver expenses lol.


cheers for your help buddy